Description
Common Name:Zinnia Oklahoma Carmine
Scientific Name:ZinniaElegans
Life Cycle:Annual
Remarks:Bright violet colour with low susceptibility to powdery mildew.
Blooms are 2.5 – 4.5cm, double and semidouble. These petite, yet sturdy blooms make excellent, reliable flowers for market bouquets, wedding flowers, and event work.
Cut-and-come-again flower, yielding multiple cuts over the season.
Please note, the flowers will fade to a lighter pastel salmon overtime.
Type Of Seed:Open pollinated, a non-hybrid type of seed that can reproduce itself to have similar traits the parent plant from one generation to the next. If you are saving the seeds, as long as pollen is not shared between two varieties of the same species, the seeds should remain true to type year after year.
Plant Height:70-100 cm
When:Spring to Summer
Sowing Depth + Method:6mm deep, raise seedlings or direct sow.
Do not allow plants to become root-bound and avoid disturbing roots; transplant shock or other stress events may cause double-flowering varieties to produce single blooms for a period following stress.
Spacing:30cmapart
Position:Full Sun
Days until germination:7-10 days @ 21-29C
Seed to Bloom: Approximately90 Days
Approx Number of Seeds:50
Note:WA orders are sent weekly as they require quarantine inspections on arrival to WA.
View our How To Grow Zinnias From Seed blog here.
View our Flower Seed Sowing Chart here.
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