Zinnia F1 Tall Pink Flowering Seeds

Description

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Zinnia F1 Tall Pink Flowering Seeds

Description

Sun exposure:   Full Sun

Soil type:            Any, Sandy, Loamy

Flower colour:    Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Purple, White, Multicolour

Easy to grow and reliable, zinnias are bright butterfly magnets that have a long history as favourite flowers of American home gardeners. Indeed, we tend to take these popular flowers for granted, perhaps thinking them too ordinary, stiff or garish or simply not very exciting.

I think that once more gardeners are familiar with the diversity of zinnia flower forms, petal shapes, plant heights and the allure of the rainbow colour palette now available, they will share my new excitement about these familiar garden companions.

Growing Information

Planting

• Zinnias are grown from seed; they grow very quickly in the right conditions. Zinnias do not like to be transplanted.
• Full sun is essential whit a minimum daylight temperature of 60 degrees F.
• Zinnias are adaptable but prefer fertile, humus-rich, well drained soil at pH preference 5.5 – 7.5.
• If soil is amended with compost, the flowers will grow more quickly.
• Sow seeds 1/4-inch deep.
• Space plants 4 to 24 inches apart depending on variety.  (Many common varieties are 6 inches within the row and 2 feet in between rows.) See back of seed package.
• Germination occurs at 74 to 80 degrees F in 5 to 76 days.
• Sow in succession for a longer flowering display.

Care

• Deadhead to prolong flowering.
• Maintain moderate soil moisture and fertilize lightly.
• Zinnias will die with the first frost.

Harvest

Zinnias generally take 60 to 70 days from seed to flower (though it depends on conditions).