Zinnia 'Canary Bird'
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Flowering in late summer when many other plants have peaked, Zinnias extend the blooming season and are popular for their easy culture and tremendous variety of flowers.
Zinnia
Want fast color for just pennies? Plant zinnias! A packet of seeds will fill an area with gorgeous flowers in an amazing array of shapes and colors -- even green! And it will happen in just weeks.
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Zinnia 'Double Zahara Cherry'
'Double Zahara Cherry' Zinna is an interspecific cross between zinnia species resulting in dependable resistance to leaf spot and mildew diseases.
Zinnia
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Zinnias add bold, vibrant color to gardens. They come in a range of sizes and shapes, from upright types that make excellent cut flowers to more compact, multi-flowered border plants.
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Zinnia
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any species of the genus Zinnia of the family Asteraceae (aster family), native chiefly to Mexico, though some range as far north as Colorado and as far south as Guatemala.
Zinnia elegans
( Button Box Zinnia )
The cultivar, 'Button Box' has dahlia-like flowers with fully double flowerheads. 1.5inches across. Plants grow 10-12 inches high and wide. Wide range of colors.
Zinnia angustifolia x elegans
'Profusion White'
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Zinnia elegans 'Dreamland Series'
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Zinnia comes in many varieties with at least one variety to fit everyone and for every need. There is a profusion of colors, multi-colors, and hues. Colors include, white, yellow, orange, red, rose, pink and multi-colored blooms.
Zinnias are summer plants that enjoy warm weather. If they are planted early they will simply wait for warmer weather to flourish.
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Zinnias are native to Mexico. They have been grown since 1520 by the Aztecs. Zinnias were brought to Europe in 1753. They were named after Johann Gottfried Zinn, a professor of botany.
Zinnia
Zinnia is the generic and common name for about 17 species of flowering plants in the daisy family, Compositae ...
Desert Zinnia
Scientific Name: Zinnia acerosa (DC.) A. Gray
Synonym: Zinnia pumila
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The name, Zinnia angustifolia has been misapplied to Z. haageana in the horticultural trade, but the former is in fact a distinct species from Central America that is smaller, to 15 in (38.1 cm) high, ...
Zinnia angustifolia
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Start seed 1 week before last frost, 70-80F/21-27C, and transplant a few weeks after, or sow outside when soil warms up.
Zinnia
Zinnias (Zinnia elegans) need a rich moist soil and plenty of sun. Without these they invariably disappoint.
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Zoysia grass (Graminae). Three types - Emeraldis, Matrella, Japonica.
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Zinnia (Zinnia elegans)
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Zinnia
Zinnias are a genus of flowering annual plants that are native to Mexico. Zinnias are named for J. G. Zinn (1727-1759), a German botanist.
Zinnia angustifolia
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Narrow-leaved Zinnia
Zinnia elegans
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Zinnia Plant Profile and Tips for Growing
Zinnias are amazing annual plants with bright and cheerful blooms that tolerate heat and drought in the garden.
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Zinnia elegans, Asteraceae, ZINNIA
Leaves opposite, cordate-ovate to elliptic, rough. Flowers are in heads, up to 6" across, scaly receptacle. Ray flowers are showly, disk flowers are usually absent. Height up to 3 feet, round or erect growth habit.
Prairie Zinnia
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There is nothing yet to take the place of the old-time groups, such as amaranths, zinnias, calendulas, daturas, balsams, annual pinks, candytufts, bachelor's buttons, wallflowers, larkspurs, petunias, gaillardias, snapdragons, coxcombs, lobelias, ...
'Hippolyte' Roses (Introduced - early 19th century) This rose's small, neat, wine purple flowers have an exquisite, antique precision; they look almost like zinnias but smell far too sweet.
Creeping Zinnia (Sanvitalia procumbens)
Dusty Miller (Senecio cineraria)
Gaillardia (Gaillardia pulchella)
Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena globosa)
Gloriosa Daisy (Rudbeckia hirta)
Gold Medallion (Melampoddium paludosum)
Moss Rose (Portulaca grandiflora) ...
'Zahara Starlight Rose' Zinnia, Bedding plant award winner
Genus species: Zinna marylandica
Common name: Zinnia
Unique qualities: First rose and white bicolour zinna, with disease resistance.
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Zinn's name is best known for the genus Zinnia that Linnaeus named for him, but he is also very well known in medicine for his book, Descriptio Anatomica Oculi Humani, ...
Their tetraploid snapdragon appeared in 1946 and was soon followed by the enormous cactus-flowered zinnias and tetraploid marigolds. This bigger-is-better philosophy has been carried to extreme in some plants.
From A to Z, annuals such as alyssum and zinnias are seeded to brighten the greenhouse. Earth-filled benches may be planted as a miniature garden, or used for cut-flower growing.
(zinnias, marigolds, petunias......)
Perennials are plants which have a more limited blooming period, but they live and bloom year after year. (carnations, columbine, chrysanthemums....) Here again nursery tags can be very helpful.
Many species of the Aster family are cultivated as ornamentals, including Marigold, Chrysanthemum, Calendula, and Zinnia. Surprisingly few are cultivated as food plants other than lettuce, artichoke, endive, plus the seeds and oil of the sunflower.
Examples of true annuals include corn, wheat, rice, lettuce, peas, watermelon, beans, zinnia and marigold.[3]
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Purple coneflowers are related to sunflowers, daisies, asters, mums, zinnias and many other "aster-like" plants.
1. White Alyssum 2. Blackberry Lily 3. Daisies 4. Lantana 5. Marigolds 6. Pink Live-Forever (Sedum alboroseum) 7. Pink Phlox 8. Purple Aster 9. Zinnias
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Learn about everything from abelia and abies to zinniae and zizyphuse. If you don't know the scientific name of the plant you are looking for, you can browse by common name using the categories on the left side of this page.
Upright (larger): ageratum, Brachyscome iberidifolia (swan river daisy), diascia, heliotrope, lantana, margerite, osteospermum, pelargonium, salvia, verbena, zinnia.
Most herbaceous plants flower opportunistically with enough rain, and sometimes more than once. The desert zinnia will flower in both rainy seasons. Ocotillo will grow and shed its leaves three weeks later after every rain.
 See also: Pink, Sunflower, Aster, Daisy, Marigold
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