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Zinnia
Zinnia elegansFast-growing warm-season annual with branching stems and abundant cut-and-come-again flowers.
Days to maturity
35–90 daysDays to germ.
5–21 daysSpacing
4–24 inHeight
6–42 inSun
SunHow we grow it
Germination
- Days to germ.
- 5–21 d
- Depth
- 0.25 in
Culture
- Days to maturity
- 35–90 d
- Spacing
- 4–24 in
- Height
- 6–42 in
- Sun
- Sun
- Frost
- tender
Harvest
Recent field notes
Transplanted.
Timing · Zone 5a
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Sow indoorsApr 9
Outdoor / directMay 21 – Jun 18
Windows are anchored to an average last frost of May 21 (1 year in 10 as early as Apr 29, as late as Jun 2) and an average first frost of Sep 18 (1 year in 10 as early as Sep 6, as late as Oct 8). In a late or early year, slide them with it.
Compare in the calendarTrials
Every Zinnia sowingSeed sources, counts, ratings, and the observations kept against each one.Zinnia trialsVarieties
19 varieties on recordNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Bernary's Giant Mix’
‘Bernary's Giant Mix’
Orange · White · Wine · CoralNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Benary's Giant Carmine Rose’
‘Benary's Giant Carmine Rose’
tryingNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Benary's Giant Deep Red’
‘Benary's Giant Deep Red’
tryingNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Bernary's Giant Salmon Rose’
‘Bernary's Giant Salmon Rose’
tryingNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Coral’
‘Coral’
tryingNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Envy’
‘Envy’
tryingNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Giant Coral Zinnia’
‘Giant Coral Zinnia’
tryingNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Giant Double Flowered Lavender Gem’
‘Giant Double Flowered Lavender Gem’
tryingNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Giant Double Scarlet Flame’
‘Giant Double Scarlet Flame’
tryingNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Giant Double Violet Queen’
‘Giant Double Violet Queen’
tryingNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Granny's Bouquet Mix’
‘Granny's Bouquet Mix’
trying
‘Isabellina’
Butter YellowNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Lilliput Mixed Colors’
‘Lilliput Mixed Colors’
tryingNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Oklahoma White’
‘Oklahoma White’
WhiteNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Queeny Red Lime’
‘Queeny Red Lime’
tryingNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Summer Pinwheels’
‘Summer Pinwheels’
tryingNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Thumbelina’
‘Thumbelina’
tryingNo photograph yetZinnia ‘Scabiosa Flowered Mix’
‘Scabiosa Flowered Mix’
Red · Orange · Yellow · Pink · White‘California Giants’
Pink