ge1836 said:I just started a fascination with zinnias and will add Whirligig to my list for next season. Are they tall?
The Whirligigs are what I would call an intermediate height. Some seed catalogs list them at 17 inches, but they can run higher than that, especially if they are somewhat close together. They have a variety of flower forms, which I like, because different zinnia flower forms interest me. Some have upturned petals, like this one.
And some have rather convention dahlia flowered zinnia blooms.
Whirligigs vary a lot. The Whirligigs from Parks Seeds tend to have a lot of single blooms, which with Whirligigs can be a good thing, because single blooms give you an unobstructed view of the interesting petal colorations. I myself prefer double zinnias, so I get my Whirligig seeds from Stokes Seeds, because their strain has a greater percentage of double blooms.
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