Jo Ann, you got me thinking about Zinnias till I had to order some! I do some gardening for my landlord and his wife, and she loves her cut flowers, so I wanted to pick up some nice cutting varieties for her anyway. And of course I can't plant some in her yard and not in my own, LOL. I ordered mostly Benary's Giants, that are said to be reliably fully doubled. In that line I ordered a large pack of mixed colors, and smaller packs of Lilac, Lime, Salmon Rose, and Scarlet. Also ordered a large pack of Sunbow mix, with smaller doubled blooms with long stems for cutting. Got a pack of Dreamland Pink to grow in containers too, they have large, double blooms on short bushy plants.
I believe I'll use the wintersowing method in milk jugs to start mine, but wait till sometime in late March or early April to sow them. I've done that in the past with good results, better than when I've direct sown. I think that bit of protection from bugs and slugs is why it worked out better for me, and I like getting a little bit of an early start with them.
