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Dahlia Flowered Zinnia Seeds
Zinnia elegans
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In Zinnias, "Dahlia-flowered" means multi-petaled, piled up, dome-shaped blooms that really do resemble dahlias. These grow tall (up to 40") and are bright lights in the garden, and super spectacular in arrangements. Just as easy to grow as the others.
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: 4.4545455 / 5 from 33 reviews.
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Dahlia Flowered Zinnia Seeds offer spectacular, multi-petaled blooms that resemble dahlias, providing vibrant colors and easy growth. They thrive in full sun and require minimal water, making them ideal for gardens and arrangements.
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- Garden Spectacle: 30%
- Vibrant Blooms: 27%
Review topics: ["color","value","summer","buy","zinnias","flowers","blooms","seeds","blossoms","help","growing","grew","dahlia","success"].
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- "Wonderful colors, fresh flowers every day" —
- "Absolutely spectacular Zinnias" —
- "I use this zinnia alone and with mixtures of wildflowers." —
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Took too long to flower
"Buds showed after only 3 days but took one week short of 3 months to flower. Daily watering."
Beautiful Dahlias not so great zinnias
"Dahlia came out beautifully, I wasn't so lucky with my Zinnias."
Absolutely winners. A great value. Beautiful flowers.
"Get them. Gorgeous and exceptional value for the money."
Plant them. They grow. And grow. Love them!
"These are SO EASY TO GROW"
not like the other zinnias i have had in the past
"i see that other people have had good luck with these, but not me. at the time of ordering these, the ones that i normally get ( cut and come again ) were not in stock, so i took a chance and got these. i worked the soil just like i have done with all my other zinnia seeds in the past, i have watered and they have sprouted, but they are very, very, very slow to grow. cut and come again seeds from last year have come up from last year and they are already blooming, where these are only a few inches high and i will be lucky if i see any blooms anytime soon. i bought these and 2 other different zinnia seeds just to try something different this year and all of them are doing the same thing. maybe other people have had good luck with these in the past, but i havent this year ."
Best Flower Seed Purchase I've Ever Made
"Germination rate 95%-100%, excellent bloom color ratio, long lasting cut flowers, all seed no chafe, was a little snafu in shipping but the wonderful ladies in the office promptly corrected that. Don't know who's happier the bees, butterflies, and finches or my granddaughters and I. The Facebook Zinnia groups are regularly advised to order from y'all. Yours Truly Mr. Philip Meade"
Great blooms
"Plants emerged in only a week after sowing. Blooms have spectacular colors and last a long time in a vase. Plants made it through a month of 105-110 degree Texas weather without difficulty."
Slow growing but pretty, all came with blight
"I bought over a pound of this as well as hollyhock from American Meadows and they all, both items, came with blight and alternaria. So we sadly can't cut them and bring them in. Overall they took a while to flower but are pretty strong. Just full of fungus which is I'm told is hereditary and likely from the batches grown to develop these seeds."
The only product that disappointed me
"This is the only product that i purchased of a large order that i am disappointed in. I really wanted ZInnias. . they are so vivid. No sign of them altho all of the other seeds seem to be doing fine. Sad but still 4 successes out of 5 purchased isn't bad."
Great bloomer
"Great late summer"