@plantladylin -- Lin, actually I'm not sure what I was thinking but I planted marigolds and the zinnias together (well, actually, the zinnias weren't getting ready to flower as soon as I thought they would and I had marigold plants to spare, so I just stuck them together without thinking apparently) and now I have a lot of gold and pink (along with some other shades of the zins) together and it isn't that great, but not that bad, either -- I'll take a pic tomorrow and post it!