Zinnia Cut & Come Again
Zinnia elegans pumila
Annual. Cut these old-fashioned blooms for your bouquets, and flowers will bloom again producing continuously until fall frost. Long-lasting 2" - 2½" blossoms on heat-loving plants supply endless color for your flowerbeds, containers and borders. Each individual flower lasts a very long time on the plant, and in the vase before fading.
Full sun. Blooms summer to fall
Height: 1 ½' - 2 ½' tall
Days to Emerge: 3 - 10 days
Seed Depth: 1/4"
Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 12"
Thinning: When 2" tall, thin to 1 every 12"
When to sow outside: 1 to 2 weeks after average last frost.
When to start inside: 6 weeks before average last frost. Transplant outdoors after last frost. Zinnias do not gain from being planted early; they wait for warmer weather.
Artist: Marjorie Leggitt