Zinnia Envy vs Queen Lime
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Rachel Cross- Harder
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Comments (13)lady alicia, in answer to your question on the Profusions. I have grown them for years, and they are excellent flowers, but I have a few reservations. The Cherry Profusions have a bad habit of fading badly in my heat. They fade to the point that they are unattractive. I am going to try the Zahara cherry this year to see if it is better. The straight Orange and Apricot Profusions also fade in my heat, though not as badly as Cherry. Fire is spectacular and never gives up the entire season. It is pretty nigh onto the perfect flower, as is the White Profusion. You must remember that my growing season for zinnias runs from April to November, with sometimes 3 solid months of above 90 in the daytime and hardly below 70 at night. I suspect that more northern growers do not experience the problems I have. The yellow Profusion, as I noted above, gets taller than the other Profusions I have grown, tends to flop from the center, and had problems with black spots on the leaves late in the season. That being said, it was still a blooming machine and did awfully well in my brutal climate. On the other hand, the Zahara Yellows that I grew the year before had none of PY's problems, therefore, I rate them higher. You need to know that Profusions have a smaller sized bloom than the familiar tall ones like Benary's Giants. I love their short size and smaller blooms for edgings in my borders. The front edges are, in my opinion, the most important plants in the border, as any imperfections show up first at the close range from which they are viewed. In my opinion only, I think the smaller bloom size is in a more pleasing scale with their shorter stature. This, of course, is strictly a matter of taste. Zenman, after reading your post yesterday, I went ahead and ordered from Hazzards. I got Chippendale, Zowie Yellow, Aztec Sunset, Queen Lime, Queen Red Lime, and threw up my hands and ordered Starlight Rose too. Lest you think I will have a garish mishmash, these will be scattered throughout three large borders, and some will be planted for the fall garden only. I am very excited to see how they all do! Hazzards did not have Old Mexico, but that was the only one on my list they did not have. I will trial it next year....See MoreTwo Zinnia problems
Comments (14)Alicia, "I have yet to see any bugs/slugs on my Zinnias. It's mostly when I first plant them outdoors and they're small." Slugs are nocturnal feeders so, unless you have checked at night with a flashlight, you probably wouldn't have seen them. I agree with Mantis_OH that slugs are a likely suspect. I don't know if it is available on "your side of the pond", but I have found that Sluggo is a safe and effective slug bait. It is based on iron phosphate, which breaks down in the soil to provide both iron and phosphorous as nutrients for your plants. If it is not slugs, then cutworms would be my next suspect. But they usually leave some evidence of their work, like at least part of a fallen seedling. They, too, do their work at night. When I see a fallen zinnia seedling, I probe around in the soil near the plant to find a fat cutworm just below the surface. And I destroy it. That is a bit like "closing the barn door after the horse is stolen", but it prevents the cutworm from killing another seedling in the next night or two. You can kill cutworms in their juvenile roaming stage with a spray containing BT on all of the plants, including small weeds, in the immediate area of your zinnia planting. That kills them before they get big enough to kill your zinnia seedlings. ZM (not associated with any product or vendor mentioned or linked)...See Morecut zinnias not lasting
Comments (11)Hi all, I'm a newbie to selling field-grown flowers. I delivered some of my Benary's giant Lime to a florist last wk, and they had to return them to me because the leaves and the edges of the petals started to turn brown in just 2 days. I was so embarassed and disappointed! I think I made the deadly mistake of dipping the stems in QuickDip and maybe that has caused the burn. Anyhow, I really want to prevent this from happening again. Heidi, would you mind telling me where can I order the citric acid crystals? I've read in a different forum in which a lot of growers recommended to just cut Zinnias into plain water without any bleach or preservatives, so I'm a bit confused....what do you think Kirk and Ed? Also, do you recommend to the florist/buyers to leave the Zinnias out of the coolers? thanks a bunch! sewsmall...See MoreGot zinnias?
Comments (44)In spite of my best efforts to keep them dead headed (what I like LEAST about zinnias) they still volunteer all over the garden every year. They are in every bed this summer and I didn't plant ANY. They are the one flower that I routinely cut for bouquets, though, because they are so prolific and they tend to flop over in the way of the lawn mower or on top of their neighbors if allowed to grow too tall. I keep a bunch in a peanut butter jar filled with water on the front porch. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that they had begun to grow roots!! I had no idea they would do that. The bouquet became a "science project" at once. Now the original flowers I cut are brown and dry but the leaves are still fresh and green and new buds have formed and are getting bigger. I'm waiting to see if they will really open....See MoreRachel Cross- Harder
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoHey there Zen,
So I've grown envy, I think it's just okay colorwise, not vibrant enough, but lasts a good while after cutting, which is important to me. I wish it was bigger, though. I've seen pictures of Queen Lime with blush but I've also seen one called Queen Lime no blush or blotch. I'm trying to make sure it isn't the same flower. So Johnny's Seeds has the Blush, while Floret has the plain Lime Queen. Here's pictures:
Johnny's
Floret
They look different. I've read a description saying Lime is an improvement on Envy in which case I just won't care for it. I didn't try Tequila lime because I thought I'd have a copy of Envy, but now I see I definitely need it. It's that white center. Benary's Giant Lime is also on my list.
Rachel,
I am definitely growing Queen Red Lime, and if Lime Blush is different from Queen Lime, I'll grow it too. I have to at least try them. Not my usual taste in color, but they look interesting.
Rachel Cross- Harder
6 years ago
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