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NicoleJean
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Zinnia Zahara - Anyone grow before?
To anyone who has grown Zinnia Zahara... when collecting seeds do they produce true to type? I read one place on the internet that the seeds will produce the same color/type as parent plant and than I read in a magazine article that they are considered Hybrid. So Id really like to hear from anyone who has actually collected and grown these seeds. Thank you.
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Gary350
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- Location: TN. 50 years of gardening experience.
I grow Zinnia every year. I bought a package of seeds called, State Fair Collection. It is mixed colors. A plant with a certain color flower will usually have all the same color flower but....... sometimes a plant will have flowers with 2 different color flowers. These plants and flowers look like weeds up close but at a distance they look very very nice. I have a lot of folks comment how nice my flowers look. I dig a place and sow the seeds by the 1000s like grass seed. Rake them in a little then I water them every day for about 1 week until they all come up. Then I let mother nature take over.
In the fall the flowers dry out and produce a bundle of seeds right in the center of the flower. One year I tried to keep the colors seperated, all red in one bag, all yellow in another bag, etc. They look much nicer planted as mixed colors so I don't bother keeping the seed colors seperated anymore. I pick all the seeds and usually have a 2 gallon bucket of seeds each fall. I stir the seeds and mix well and plant them in the spring.
There are different type flowers some grow with pedals and others grow more like a rose. I liked the flowers with the pedals the most the first year so I only harvest seeds from them. The next year I decided I liked the mixed flowers best so I mixed all my old seed in with the new seeds. My plants are about 3 ft tall. The plants look real nice if you can get them planted very close together it makes all the plants grow straight and tall.
In the fall the flowers dry out and produce a bundle of seeds right in the center of the flower. One year I tried to keep the colors seperated, all red in one bag, all yellow in another bag, etc. They look much nicer planted as mixed colors so I don't bother keeping the seed colors seperated anymore. I pick all the seeds and usually have a 2 gallon bucket of seeds each fall. I stir the seeds and mix well and plant them in the spring.
There are different type flowers some grow with pedals and others grow more like a rose. I liked the flowers with the pedals the most the first year so I only harvest seeds from them. The next year I decided I liked the mixed flowers best so I mixed all my old seed in with the new seeds. My plants are about 3 ft tall. The plants look real nice if you can get them planted very close together it makes all the plants grow straight and tall.