General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Plant Height: 12 to 18 inches
Plant Spread: 12 to 18 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Orange-yellow, opening Gold and revealing a red stripe down center of petals.
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Trade name information:
Series: Zahara™
Trade Name: Sunburst
Cultivar name: 'Zahara Sunburst'
Common names
  • Zinnia

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Location: my garden zone 5 Indiana
Date: 2020-07-15
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-07-24
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-06-29

Date: 2014-08-05

Date: 2014-08-05

Date: 2014-08-05
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-05-29
with Painted Lady butterfly
Location: my garden zone 5 Indiana
Date: 2020-07-15
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-06-21
Wll bloom all summer if deadheaded.
Location: NJ
Date: 2019-05-31

Date: 2014-06-03
unimpressive first bloom

Date: 2014-08-05

Date: 2014-08-05

Date: 2014-08-05

Photo courtesy of Harris Seeds
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2014-07-17

Date: 2014-08-05
Location: western Oregon
Date: 2016-01-02

 Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-06-21
Nice shorter zinnia.
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Comments:
  • Posted by LoriMT (Dawsonville, GA - Zone 8a) on Jul 1, 2023 3:40 PM concerning plant:
    Zahara Sunburst was a disappointment. I bought a whole packet of seeds of this specific variety, looking forward to flowers with large red sunbursts in the middle. Instead, the flowers were mostly (or completely) yellow-orange, with a narrow red stripe. I pulled them out halfway through the season.

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