Tall single Zinnias
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HAVE: Lots of tall Zinnia!
Comments (2)Hi Margaret,I didnt get your email but I sent you one! Lets hope it makes it!:) Thanks!~Angie...See MoreSingle Zinnias
Comments (16)I had some Burpee Pinwheel Mix last year. They are compact (12"), single flowered and were mildew free. Very pretty flowers because of their straightforward simplicity and clear colors. I just got them at Home Depot for $1.07 per 120mg packet. Don't ask how many seeds that is but I got 2 packets just in case. I also had some Benary Giants with horrible mildew but I think that was partly my fault because I forgot they needed to be lightly fed while starting them. I've got seeds for Bright Pink & Crimson Benary for this year and I'll see if remembering to lightly feed my little seedlings helps with plant vigor and disease reistance. The foliage was ghastly but like other people say the Butterflies don't seem to mind so I'll live with what I get for foliage. I stuffed a tub with too many Cut & Come Again last year and they grew into a giant tangled/mildew mess but every day there were different Swallowtail species nectaring from them. I've also got seeds for 'Pink Luminosa' elegans, Magellan mixed and 'Aztec Sunset' haageana...don't know why I got the 'Aztec Sunset' since they're double but must have been one of those seed frenzy days...LOL. Sometimes I think I could have done with only Milkweed, Fennel, Zinnia and Tithonia last year to see many Butterflies! Skippers of various kinds will nectar from almost anything! You should love what you see if you plant a patch of Zinnia. I had to force myself to cut blooms because I was just so shocked they bloomed (1st year gardening) and hated to decrease nectar available for butterflies. This year I'll have more zinnia plants, pinch back early and cut flowers more often for better branching and more blooms. Oh, I also had Cactus Flowered but didn't see anyone nectaring on them. Don't know why....See MoreWANTED: wanted: really tall zinnias
Comments (1)Hi There I am in the process of updating my trade list (hope to have it done by the weekend. I have several different types of tall zinnia's as well as some red's, pink's and white's coming from a US e-bay purchase that I could trade as well. I would be interested in any of the following: balsam, impatiens balsamina coral red (2006 home gathered) cardoon pinky purple (2007 William Dam) castor bean, ricinus red stemmed (home gathered 2007) cleome purple (home gathered 2007) cosmos sensation red dazzler (2008 Hazzards) Crosswort, Crucianella (phuopsis) stylosa, pink (2008 Hazzards) four o'clock, mirabilis yellow 2007 home gathered Gailardia (Annual Type), Plume Red (2008 Hazzards) hyacinth bean Ruby Moon pink (2006 McKenzie) kiss me over the garden gate pink (home gathered 2007)- someday this will sprout for me!! poppy, P. nudicale Wonderland White (2008 Hazzards) Send me an e-mail if you're interested in anything else other than zinnia and I will send you a list hopefully after the weekend. If you're only looking for those, I can send you a list tonight. Anyway, please let me know when you have a chance. Kelly...See MoreZinnias, Zinnias, and More Zinnias!
Comments (11)Mike, Wildseed Farms has amazing prices on some common seeds, both wildflowers and ornamental garden-type flowers, and also some herb seeds as well. You can buy in small or huge quantities. I spent about $4 on two packs of Laura Bush petunia seeds a few years ago, and have had purple, pink and white Laura Bush petunias ever since. They cost me nothing because they reseed everywhere. (Laura Bush is an heat-tolerant ornamental petunia that blooms all summer long even when the temps are in the 100s, unlike the more heat-sensitive bedding plant petunias you buy in stores.) Every time I see the pots and hanging baskets of petunias in stores in the early spring I want some. They're so pretty and I'm so starved for flowers at that point. Then, I remind myself to be patient and my Laura Bush reseeders will pop up out of the ground and be blooming before I know it.....and they do. I've planted a lot of flowers, both wildflowers and then others like cultivated varieties of cosmos, sunflowers and zinnias from Wildseed Farms and have been happy with every single one. Almost all of them reseed for me, which means I'm not running back and buying more seed every year. Right now, I still have 5 containers of the purple-flowered Laura Bush petunia in bloom. I dug up the tiny seedlings out of the garden path last March or April and put them in the pots. Periodically I shear them back to stimulate new flowering growth. At night, I roll or drag them into the garage. Sometimes, I have left them out with temps as low as 10 degrees though, and they haven't frozen yet. These few flowers keep my spirit nourished in the winter when they aren't any native flowers in bloom. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Wildseed's Website...See More- 9 years ago
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