How to Grow Zinnias
by
Lee @ Lady Lee's Home
(IC: blogger)
Zinnias will forever hold a special place in my heart. They are the ones who got me into flower gardening.
I never bothered with growing flowers. Never had enough time for them, and always preferred to use my garden space to grow vegetables, after all, vegetables are much more useful.
I never bothered with growing flowers. Never had enough time for them, and always preferred to use my garden space to grow vegetables, after all, vegetables are much more useful.
This spring, my little girls (5 and 3) asked me to grow flowers. They love butterflies and other insects and they love picking flowers.
Since I got all my vegetable seeds from Johnny’s Selected Seeds, I wondered over to the flower section and started looking around. I came across this beautiful bouquet of zinnias and knew right away that my girls will love them.
Then one summer day there was an explosion of color on the farm and no one cared about the vegetables anymore.
Single – single zinnia flowers are the ones that have one row of petals and a visible center. They are the daisy-like zinnias. Those are the first zinnias that were discovered in Mexico by Spanish colonist.
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Published November 9th, 2015 7:46 AM
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Colette on Nov 09, 2015My Dad helped me plant my first flowers when I was 10yrs old. Zinnias! I will never forget the "explosion of color" at our back fence. Thank you for bringing back that wonderful memory.
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Theresa Shaut on Nov 10, 2015I can't tell you how many times I've picked those giant (3-4 ft tall) zinnias and saved the seeds for next year. The butterflies and bees absolutely love them!
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