I love zinnias, too -- there are so many different kinds, so many different colors, easy to grow from seed, make a great cut flower; I think if I could only grow one kind of flowers zinnias would have to be it. I planted some "Thumbelina" zinnias along with a short variety of marigold in the flower boxes I hang off our deck railing this year; other than the fact that it seemed like they took a lot longer to start flowering than I expected, I'm really happy with them there. For years I put petunias in those flower boxes and drove myself crazy trying to keep them dead-headed... and they would still get scraggly looking by August. The hummingbirds are loving the zins, too!
