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A little fall clean up will keep the garden looking good through the winter and help manage pest problems. Taking time to selectively prune perennials in fall not only helps manage pests, but also ...
Zinnias have bright, cheerful flowers and are the perfect annual for novice gardeners. The deer-resistant plant thrives in elevated temperatures and full sunlight with minimal care in zones 3 to 10.
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Zinnia bidens – Glossocardia bidens; Zinnia liebmannii – Philactis zinnioides; Zinnia elegans, also known as Zinnia violacea, is the most familiar species, originally from the warm regions of Mexico being a warm–hot climate plant. Its leaves are lance-shaped and sandpapery in texture, and height ranges from 15 cm to 1 meter.
Common names include desert zinnia, wild zinnia, white zinnia, and spinyleaf zinnia. It is a popular landscape plant in the southwest due to its low water use and long bloom period. The flowers also serve as a food source for southwestern butterflies. In the United States, Zinnia acerosa grows in Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Texas. [2]
Zinnia haageana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae from Mexico. [1] It is an annual which does not tolerate freezing temperatures, so in temperate zones must be sown under cover, and planted out when all danger of frost is past. Growing to 40 cm (16 in), it prefers a sunny position.
This week's Master Gardener Q&A tackles which annual flowers can be seeded in June, mums and how to save on potting soil.
Zinnia anomala is a profusely branched subshrub perennial up to 12 cm (8 inches) tall. Leaves are very narrow, up to 3 cm (1.2 inches) long. Leaves are very narrow, up to 3 cm (1.2 inches) long. The plant produces only one flower head per branch, each head containing about 20 red disc florets , sometimes with no ray florets , other times with 5 ...