DonfromPA said:...Also liked the fluffy white one; did I understand you to say that you created this one?
Hi Don,
Yes, the "fluffy white one" is one of my hybrids of hybrids. Lots of different great grandparents. If I had a favorite zinnia color, it would probably be white. And I like to cross white zinnias with other zinnias. This is another of my white zinnia "creations".
This is another white breeder.
And another, showing the complete plant.
I strive for Burpeeana style plants, or taller. The Burpeeana style plants are bushy and well branched. This next zinnia bloom isn't pure white (it is more of an ivory color inside the tubes), but I like its "star burst" flower form.
Its "petals" are thin tubes, with their "topside" color unfortunately inside the petals. I have some multi-hybrid recombinants that have good petal color (usually white) on the backside of the petal, and I hope to finagle around and get that good color on the outside of my tubular petaled "starburst" zinnias. I have, as they say, "a lot of irons in the fire."
ZM
