Hi mantis__oh, " I liked the Benary's Wine and Coral. " Are there any other zinnia varieties that you liked? "It is a considerable waste of space to plant something that turns out to be not as pictured or a weak grower." I agree with that. However, as an amateur zinnia breeder, I do plant a lot of hand hybridized F1 and F2 hybrid zinnias that I know in advance I am going to cull a lot of them. Also, I will plant commercial zinnia varieties with the expectance that they will vary a lot and I will use pollen from or save seeds from only a few of the very best. If you choose to save seeds from your zinnias for use next year, it just makes sense to save seeds from only the best ones. And the following year, you will be saving seeds from the best of the best, and so on. You can make a lot of progress doing that. "...or a weak grower." There are zinnias that are just defective in that regard, but I have a big zinnia garden and sometimes some of my zinnias get neglected by me and I don't take the best care of them, and an inhospitable environment can make them seem to be a weak grower, when if I took really good care of them, they would flourish. If a zinnia appears to be "special" I designate it as a breeder, put a coded tag on it, and take better care of it than the ones I just keep for the butterflies and hummingbirds. There are several ways to improve your care of a zinnia that most people don't do. ZM This post was edited by zenman on Thu, Aug 14, 14 at 13:45

i have some zinnias as well some burpless cucunbers>pumpkin seeds>some korean okra>some variety of eggplants o would like some echinacea>some goldenrod>red bergamot>lotus

Hi lmdw, I have been dividing my hostas and have more to move and divide. If you have any saplings that are very short (about one foot high), I might interested in them for bonsai. Maureen

do you have any of the irises left? I just dug a bunch of Med purple La irises for a park I am working on - VERY healthy plants - can trade as many of these as you would like for any irises for my park. please see my trade list. thanks Shreveport Z8 www.gardenweb.com/members/exch/mmpquince