i was in telaviv yesterday and there were these beautiful zinnias....i looked for the dead ones so i could pick off there heads....
they where all black-blackish....does this sound o.k.

Never heard of black, brown or blue ones myself but I have been eyeing the giant ones where my Mother lives. Love the strong summer colors.

David, once the zinnia flowers are done they are pretty dark in color and look quite dry -- if that helps.

Welcome to All Things Plants, @luis_pr !

luis_pr said:Never heard of black, brown or blue ones myself but I have been eyeing the giant ones where my Mother lives. Love the strong summer colors.

thank you.
the site is incredible.you are in the right place

Weedwhacker said:David, once the zinnia flowers are done they are pretty dark in color and look quite dry -- if that helps.

Welcome to All Things Plants, @luis_pr !

do they have to be crispy?
i took some seeds out of a dying sunflower in a public garden....the seeds part of them where soft with feeling there was nothing inside them.

There is an article on the main web page titled 'Echinacea Spent Blooms' that shows "a black coneflower plant". Probably similar to what you saw with the black zinnia blooms. Both coneflower and zinnia blooms were spent and turned shades of brown and black. Now... if you figure out a way to actually make the blooms start black..... you probably will be able to retire wnywhere you want!!!

luis_pr said:There is an article on the main web page titled 'Echinacea Spent Blooms' that shows "a black coneflower plant". Probably similar to what you saw with the black zinnia blooms. Both coneflower and zinnia blooms were spent and turned shades of brown and black. Now... if you figure out a way to actually make the blooms start black..... you probably will be able to retire wnywhere you want!!!

i like that attitude