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Gardening

hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Sun Oct 26, 2014, 02:25 PM Oct 2014

Any zinnia growers here? I have an on-again, off-again relationship with zinnias. [View all]

This year I had a good crop, but I had to leave for a good part of the summer. I loved the first batch of flowers. The later flowers look pretty pitiful - the petals are shrunken and the center emerges as a cone so it looks like a very sad echinacia. Is this progression fixed n stone, or would my later blooms look better if Iwas more aggressive about cutting the earlier blooms?

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Any zinnia growers here? I have an on-again, off-again relationship with zinnias. [View all] hedgehog Oct 2014 OP

I love them. There is just such a variety to choose from and they are best from seed NRaleighLiberal Oct 2014 #1

Mulch w/ compost, water & deadhead regularly. CottonBear Oct 2014 #2

I had gorgeous zinnias this year! They were huge. femmocrat Oct 2014 #3

Not sure what variety we had, but full blossoms about 12-18 inches tall Melissa G Oct 2014 #4

Butterflies and bees loved my zinnias! That's reason enough for me to plant them. :) ellenrr Nov 2014 #5

I love them too, but they can be persnickety. Lex Nov 2014 #6

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