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Lilliput Zinnia Seeds
Zinnia elegans 'Lilliput'
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The "Lilliput" mix created another Zinnia sensation when it was introduced. The semi-dwarfed plants (only 18 to 24" tall) are famous for forming bushy 12" wide growth with lots of flowers, and the pom pom blooms are in clear solid colors. The sizzling, colorful effect in the garden is stunning, making these perfect for edging or colorful patches anywhere you want bright color. Just plant the seeds, and remember to cut off the fading flowers.
Easy! Easy! Why everybody loves Zinnias: Probably no plant can give you more color for less work. It's because the zinnia is one of the easiest plants to grow from seed (any child can do it, and many do!), they'll give you every color but blue, and they bloom all season up until frost. Can you think of another flower that does all that?
How to grow them: Good full sun is really all that's required, although some of the newer hybrids will even bloom in partial shade. As for water, they don't need much, since they're from hot desert-like habitats. Soil? Almost any soil will do, but they prefer fast-draining gritty soil, if you have that available.
Zinnia seeds are perfect for starting indoors to have bloom early. But be sure you wait until every frost is gone, and the soil has warmed up a bit before setting them out. They're super-sensitive to frost--after all, these plants are from frost-free regions, and don't like cold soil. If you'd rather, you can just wait until spring arrives, and sow them outside. They're very undemanding.
The Wildflower that's been all dressed up for years. There about 20 species of Zinnia in the wild, all in the arid, rocky soils of North, Central and South America, most common in Mexico. If you saw the wild plants, you'd be amazed, since Zinnias are one of our most heavily-hybridized wildflowers, and the somewhat "ragged" originals look nothing like our garden beauties. That's because hybridizers discovered them early, and have been "working on them" for decades.
The Wild Ones The most commonly hybridized species is Zinnia elegans, a common wild plant in Mexico. But in recent years, work has been done on some of the other species. Like the dahlia (also from Mexico) the Zinnia takes quickly and willingly to almost anything the hybridizers want to do: Taller, shorter, or bigger flowers. Multi-colored flowers. You name it, and they seem to be able to do it to Zinnias.
Because of that, these flowers have been staples among major color-makers in gardens since your great-grandmother's time, and more and more beautiful zinnias are created for our gardens almost every year.
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Overall rating: 3.8 / 5 from 10 reviews.
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These never came up :(
"I will not do business with American Meadows again. . . and that makes me sad. I did my planting and within 2 weeks there was nothing growing. I contacted American Meadows about the situation and they quizzed me on my going methods. They agreed that I took all the correct steps and suggested that I try planting again. Needless to say I have no Zinnia garden this year. No offer from them to replace or refund. Very disappointed"
Great result with these beautiful zinnias!
"These zinnias have been a joy to grow! If only the deer knew they are "deer resistant" I could appreciate more blooms!"
Amazing for miniature bouquets around the house!
"These small zinnias were even more captivating than I had imagined. Lots of varieties in both color and style/shape of the blooms. They were that unique something extra we had hoped for in our cut flower bed."
Tiny tiny
"As others have commented, I was expecting a bit bigger. . . maybe a dimension on the flower size would be helpful in the description of these zinnias. The flower heads never grew bigger than nickel size. I was planning on using them for my business, so I bought a hefty amount and am now left with quite a bit of seed I'm not sure what to do with."
Mostly Nice Flowers
"I used these flowers for floral arrangements and individual entries in my district fair. I didn't have many show worthy flowers. Most of them didn't come out in a ball form. Lots of pinks and purples, but not many white, yellow or oranges that came out. There were many colorful blooms but only a few that truly came out with multiple petals to make them look like little balls."
Not all beehive
"Only the red ones were beehive. the others are regular boring tiny regular zinnias mixed in. I expected better. This was first time ordering. Poppies didn't germinate, coreopis didn't grow except about 5, now I have some fall bulbs on way. Will see what happens and may be last time ordering."
Not Extactly what I was expecting
"So I understand what lilliput would mean. They would be on the smaller side which is ok. But I read the description of them and decided to give them a shot. Well, while they are cute they are most certainly not "pom pom" like as described. At any rate, on the plus side though, they were very very easy to grow. I basically just tilled and sowed the seeds and pressed them in. And lots of them did come up. There is a lot more greenery with them than flower I'd say."
Great Flowers!!!
"This is the first year I planted zinnias. It looks like every seed came out and now they are about to flower. I can't wait to see these beautiful flowers."
Short Zinnias
"First time for planting Lilliput and found them to be great around the outer edges of mass planting of taller Zinnias, i will do this again next year"
Great color for my garden
"I will be ordering again."