Grew them this year for the first time. Cracking plants but mine didn't bush out which I expected so planted them too far apart. Lovely flowers though.
'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
Mine have always produced vibrant coloured flowers, but I have found the plants to be tall and straggly - perhaps I am sowing the wrong variety, but I either have to stake them or plant the seedlings with supports.
Some are tall and straggly, need the shorter bushier sort. I grow a variety called "Profusion" which I bought as plug plants, now I collect the seeds and sow them in the GH in late March.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Brilliant plants that keep flowering and make amazing cut flowers. They can be anything from tiny pompoms to huge open multi tiered flowers depending on the variety. Well worth the effort and grow readily from seed.
Another vote for Zinnias - so beautiful and varied. I really like the fact that the individual flowers last so long - cuts down on the dead-heading. I generally grow a mixture and don't mind the ones that don't bush out but just plant them closer together.
I get my catalogue from Suttons Seeds, there are various other suppliers of seeds like Dobies, Chiltern and Unwins, but we have always stuck to Suttons for good quality seeds.
I belong to a gardening club, and they use Fothergills, excellent company to deal with apparently. The Committee used to use another company but they got tied up with so many offers they became unreliable.
So far Fothergills offer 20 varieties of zinnia, online.
from your posts I am going to order zinnia seed. It is very exciting watching something of beauty grow from a tiny seed.
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So far Fothergills offer 20 varieties of zinnia, online.
from your posts I am going to order zinnia seed. It is very exciting watching something of beauty grow from a tiny seed.