More zinnias a coming up in the cottage garden!

nanahanna

17 years ago

I thought this one was quite pretty:

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todancewithwolves
17 years ago
Well, I think so too. Very delicate. Nature sure can come up with pretty color schemes.

Edna
kathi_mdgd
17 years ago
Those are one of my favorite flowers.
TFS
Kathi
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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
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nanahanna
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks ya'll!
gldno1
17 years ago
Very pretty....I love seeing what self-seeds and the resulting flower. I have been shaking petunia plants here and there for next year. I have a bed of them that self-seeded this year about 4x4 and they do better than anything I have planted..and they are growing out of the gravel drive!
fammsimm
17 years ago
Ah, zinnias! What a pretty color combination. They are definitely one of my favorite flowers.

Marilyn
debbieca
17 years ago
I've never had petuinas reseed! How cool! I sure wish I would get them reseeding. My favorites are some tall single reds. Don't you think the singles, like you yellow are nicer than the big pom pom kind?
grant_in_seattle
17 years ago
Very pretty! I'm a real fan of zinnias are yours is just great. I love the darker almost-magenta eye in the center.

Thanks for sharing it!
Take care,
Grant
nanahanna
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks ya'll. I just cast the seed out on the soil in late March/early April and they have bloomed and bloomed all summer and even reseeded themselves. The one above is more yellow which does offset the pretty magenta center. I am saving seed from the flowers this year to sow next spring. It is strange because some of them are full pom-pom type and then single type on the same plant..or at least the best I can tell they are on the same plant. Here are some more pictures:
PattiOH
17 years ago
So the softer colors are the offspring? They're very pretty Nanahanna. I've always wanted a cutting garden and I think I'm going try in the spring. . . starting with zinnias. Thanks for reminding me that they are both beautiful and long blooming.

Patti
nanahanna
Original Author
17 years ago
You are welcome pattioh. Yes, I guess the softer colors are offspring and the orange ones look really strange when first beginning to bloom...the flowers are open and are green! Then they turn half green and half orange. I think I have a photo somewhere. I will look and post in a new thread.

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