Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F) |
Plant Height: | 4 to 6 feet |
Plant Spread: | 2.5 to 3 feet |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | Orange |
Flower Time: | Summer Late summer or early fall |
Uses: | Suitable as Annual |
Dynamic Accumulator: | P (Phosphorus) |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies Hummingbirds |
Propagation: Seeds: | Needs specific temperature: 70F Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Start indoors Other info: Start 6 - 8 weeks if starting indoors. |
lovesblooms | On March 5, 2016 | Seeds sown indoors |
lovesblooms | On March 5, 2016 | Seeds germinated |
MrsBinWY | On July 7, 2019 | Transplanted On 7-7-2019, planted 5 in the front where the new water line went through. Planting them so late, in such poor soil didn't work out very well for them. They'd just barely started blooming when the frost came. |
MrsBinWY | On April 20, 2019 | Potted up 22 |
MrsBinWY | On March 27, 2019 | Seeds germinated 10 emerging |
MrsBinWY | On March 23, 2019 | Seeds sown Mystery seeds donated to Seed Library labeled "5' tall orange zinnia?" Could be echinacea seeds. 25 in milk jug, try room temp, move to cool if no germination. |
piksihk | On October 30, 2022 | Bloomed Seeds self sowed; many plants are still blooming |
piksihk | On June 30, 2020 | Bloomed |
piksihk | On June 30, 2020 | Bloomed |
piksihk | On April 3, 2020 | Seeds sown Round bed |
MySecretIslandGarden | On June 28, 2022 | Bloomed My first shot at Tithonias from seeds |
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