The summer is always a little brighter in the garden when brightly colored zinnias are among the various plants. Zinnias are ...

If you notice a zinnia producing single blooms, you can remove those flowers to encourage the plant to try again and produce more double blooms, but this may not always be effective.

“We plant about 160 zinnias as small plants,” she says. She uses the zinnia variety called “Benary’s Giant,” which grows three feet tall and has densely petaled, fully double dahlia-like ...

The double-petaled flowers are showy, but the extra petal row(s) displaces stamens, reducing pollen and make access to nectar more difficult, reducing pollinator activity.

When the weather warms and temperatures are consistently above 70°F, scatter zinnia seeds over prepared garden soil or plant them in rows or pots. Then, lightly cover the seeds with no more than ...

Zinnia range in scale from tall to front-of-the-border flowers like Starbright Mix and White Star. “Those are my favorites, actually — the Zinnia angustifolia,” Ms. Barlow said.

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Local gardeners agree the resilient and versatile flower is a winner requiring little more than a few feet of soil in the sun and a handful of seeds. The zinnia: a very cooperative country flower ...