General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Plant Height: 1 to 8 feet
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Orange
Pink
Purple
Red
White
Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Suitable for miniature gardens
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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  • Zinnia

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Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2016-07-10 White Zinnia 018
Date: 2016-09-22
Date: 2016-09-22
Location: My North Garden Date: August 2012 A possibly carnivorous zinnia. Pitcher petals captured rainwater
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: Summer 2016 This zinnia had unusual petal ends
Location: My North Garden Date: August 2018 A "needle petaled" Zinnia hybrida. Its petals are thin tubes. The
Date: 2014-08-17 #Pollination #Butterflies
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: Summer 2016 This was a commercial California Giant bloom, with typical spoon-
Location: My indoor basement zinnia garden Date: Winter 2014/2015 Some zinnia petals have a corrugated effect.
Location: Zone 5 Date: 2015-08-15 #Pollination
Date: 2013-08-09
Date: 2013-08-30 #Pollination
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: Fall 2014 This large sturdy dark yellow hybrid zinnia showed a touch of bic
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: 2012-07-27
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: July 2014 Many Razzle Dazzle zinnias have bicolored floret petals
Location: My South Garden Date: August 2018 This is a new specimen of Zinnia hybrida, with interspecific Z. e
Location: My indoor basement zinnia garden Date: Winter 2014/2015 This home hybrid zinnia got both its "toothy" petals and bicolor
Location: Gardenfish garden Date: August 21 2020 Butterflies love zinnias
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains) Date: 2014-07-27
Date: 2016-11-05 Variety of Zinnias
Location: My South Garden Date: September 2018 This is a new specimen of Zinnia hybrida, with interspecific Z. e
Location: Zone 5 Date: 2013-02-04
Photo by bumplbea
Date: 2013-09-02 #pollination
Location: My indoor basement zinnia garden Date: March 2014 Razzle Dazzle petals are florets containing internal anther bundl
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330 Date: 2015-06-22 #Pollination
Location: sumatera indonesia Date: 2018-11-20 pretty round
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2016-07-10 White Zinnia 018 Macro
Date: 2017-07-18 Zinnias by Lantern Light
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah Date: 2011-10-23 I think this is an Augustifoliia
Location: Garland, TX Date: 2022-06-08 First Zinnia of the year. 💚💜💚
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: Summer 2016 This zinnia had unusual petal structure, most likely due to in-ga
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: Summer 2015 Some cactus flowered zinnias can have very narrow petals, which g
Location: in my friend's garden in Oklahoma City Date: 10-09-2014 Zinnia
Date: 2013-08-25 #pollination
Location: My South Garden Date: September 2018 This is a new specimen of Zinnia hybrida, with interspecific Z. e
Location: Zone 5 Date: 2013-07-30
Location: My indoor basement garden under lights. Date: March 2018 This home hybrid had similar ancestry to my carnivorous specimen.
Photo by ZenMan
Location: My indoor basement zinnia garden Date: Winter 2014/2015 Some zinnia petals have a trident shape, with three points at the
Location: My indoor basement zinnia garden Date: Winter 2014/2015 Some tubular petaled zinnias with narrow tubes can resemble burst
Date: 2013-08-25 #pollination
Date: 2013-07-24
Location: Athol, MA Date: 2020-10-04
Date: 2015-08-26
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: September 2015 #Pollination Razzle Dazzle zinnias are fully attractive to Butte
Location: Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania Date: 2021-07-02
Location: SE Michigan Date: 2018-08-22
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: Summer 2016 This zinnia was scabiosa flowered
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: Summer 2015 This was a large white zinnia of hybrid origin.
Location: Plano, TX Date: 2017-09-07
Location: My indoor basement zinnia garden Date: Winter 2014/2015 This zinnia had a lot of Whirligig "blood" in it. The "toothy" pe
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: 2013-08-17
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: July 2014 The floret teeth are frequently tipped a contrasting color
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: August 2015 Hybridization has imparted some white to the florets
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: October 2015 Hybridization is extending the Razzle Dazzle color range
Location: sumatera indonesia Date: 2018-11-20 pretty round
Location: My South Garden Date: August 2018 This is a new specimen of Zinnia hybrida, with interspecific Z. e
Location: The Black Hills, SD Date: 8/6/2022
Location: The Black Hills, SD Date: 8/6/2022
Location: My front porch container garden Date: Late April, 1014 This bloom reminded me very much of a waterlily. A scabious zinni
Location: Mid-Missouri, USA Date: 2020-07-20 The happy spot where 3 different zinnia plants come together
Date: 2013-08-09
Date: 2014-08-25
Location: MOBOT - St Louis Date: 2011-08-09 Zinnas are butterfly favorites.
Date: 2014-08-25
Photo by ZenMan
Location: Athol, MA Date: 2020-06-21 #seedlings
Location: Athol, MA Date: 2020-08-05 #pollination
Location: my garden Date: 2013-09-12
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2020-07-08 Purple Zinnia 010
Location: Gardenfish garden Date: August 19 2020 Multi colors
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: Fall 2014 This zinnia had good "toothy" petals and a desirable white color
Date: 2015-09-14
Location: Athol, MA Date: 2020-10-04
Date: 2015-08-26
Location: My indoor basement zinnia garden Date: March 2014 Razzle Dazzle zinnias can be bicolored
Location: Athol, MA Date: 2018-09-09
Location: Athol, MA Date: 2018-09-09
Location: Lake Macquarie, N.S.W., Australia Date: 2018-02-04
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330 Date: 2015-06-22 #Pollination
Location: Zone 5 Date: 2014-08-19
Location: Zone 5 Date: 2014-08-19
Location: Zone 5 Date: 2013-07-30
Date: 2014-07-27
Location: My indoor basement zinnia garden Date: Winter 2014/2015 Individual "fancy" petals make a fancy bloom.
Location: Potohar, Punjab. Date: 2012-07-16
Location: My indoor basement zinnia garden Date: Winter 2014/2015 I like the irregular shape of those petals, the overall soft colo
Photo by ZenMan
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: 2017-06-09
Date: 2019-07-25
Date: 2017-08-10
Date: 2014-08-05
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2019-06-30 Centerpiece - Zinnia 003
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2019-09-04 Pink Zinnia 013
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2019-09-04 Red Zinnia 020
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2019-09-04 Zinnia Fowers 009
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2021-10-16
Date: 2015-08-26
Date: 2015-08-26
Date: 2015-08-26
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: July 2014 Some Razzle Dazzle blooms are rather small
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2019-09-01 Zinnia 025
Location: My garden in Kentucky Date: 2007-08-12 With a bumblebee #Pollination
Date: 2013-09-25
Location: Zone 5
Location: Zone 5 Date: 2013-08-07
Location: The Black Hills, SD Date: 8/6/2022
Location: The Black Hills, SD Date: 8/6/2022
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2019-09-15 Zinnia 040
Date: 2013-08-09
Date: 2019-09-05
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2018-10-17 Yellow Zinnia 015
Location: South Texas- Zone 9 Date: 2022-01-01
Location: zone 8 North Central, Fl. Date: 2017-12-23
Location: My garden in Kentucky Date: 2007-08-29 #pollination
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah Date: 2011-10-23 Augustifolia?
Location: My indoor basement zinnia garden Date: Winter 2014/2015 I like the informal petals and loose structure of this bloom. I l
Date: 2017-09-01
Location: My garden in Kentucky Date: 2007-07-23 #pollination
Date: 2013-07-30
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: August 2016 A selection from California Giants. Characteristic spoonish petal
Date: 2008-08-09
#Pollination
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2019-08-28 Colorful Zinnia 018
Location: My indoor basement zinnia garden Date: Winter 2014/2015 Some "exotic" tubular zinnias look rather like "regular" zinnias
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2019-09-08 Red Zinnia 045
Date: 2015-09-14
Location: Athol, MA Date: 2020-10-04
Location: Indiana Zone 5 Date: 2012-08-16
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2018-09-02 Zinnia 031
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: July 2014 Razzle Dazzle "petals" are actually extended pollen florets
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: September 2015 Razzle Dazzle variants can be asymmetrical
Date: 2013-08-09
Location: The Black Hills, SD Date: 8/6/2022
Photo by Paul2032
Location: In a Utah garden Date: 2020-07-15
Location: Kyle, TX Date: 2020-05-21 What's not to love about this summer bloomer?
Date: 2014-08-25
Date: 9/14/2011
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: 2012-07-27
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2019-08-28 Purple Zinnia 021
Date: 2014-09-05
Location: My garden in Kentucky Date: 2007-08-12 #pollination
Date: 2017-09-14
Location: My study/library/computer room. Date: Winter 2015/2016 You can remove zinnia embryos from "green" zinnia seeds.
Location: My study/library/computer room. Date: Winter 2015/2016 You can remove zinnia embryos from "green" zinnia seeds. Graph pa
Location: Willow Valley Communities, Willow Street, Pennsylvania Date: 2022-08-21
Location: Athol, MA Date: 2020-07-12
Location: Athol, MA Date: 2020-08-08
Date: 2014-07-27
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: 2013-10-05
Date: 2017-08-04
Date: 2007-09-25
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2017-07-31 Zinnia - Ring Of Flowers 003
Photo by honeyx4
Date: 2019-07-25
Location: Plano, TX Date: 2017-06-13
Location: Indiana Zone 5 Date: 2012-08-16
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2018-09-02 Zinnia 032
Date: 2015-08-26
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2017-07-19 Red Zinnia - Flower In A Flower 003
Location: Carbon Hill, AL Date: 2016-06-20 Butterfly on Zinnia
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: July 2014 The Razzle Dazzle florets can be rather closely packed
Location: My indoor basement zinnia garden Date: Winter 2014/2015 I like the zinnias I can grow on my chrome wire steel shelving. S
Location: My North zinnia garden Date: 2016-10-06 Razzle Dazzle plants can form nice bushes
Location: My garden Date: 2019-06-27
Date: 2013-09-25
Date: 2021-08-08
Date: 2013-08-09
Location: Sangamon Co. Il. Date: 2017-08-09
Location: Lake Macquarie, N.S.W., Australia Date: 2018-02-27
Date: 2013-08-09
Date: 2013-08-09
Date: 2012-10-13
Date: 2012-10-14
Photo by Paul2032
Location: Chippewa, PA Date: 2015-06-22
Date: 2014-10-24
Date: 2014-09-04
Date: 2013-08-09
Photo by pestee45
Date: 2014-07-27
Date: 2014-08-25
Date: 2014-07-27
Date: 2014-08-04
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: 2012-09-04
Location: Purdue gardens Indiana zone 5 Date: 2015-08-02 narrow leaf zinnia Crystal white
Location: My indoor basement zinnia garden Date: Winter 2015/2016 This yellow bloom has a loose form intermediate between dahlia fl
Location: My study/library/computer room. Date: Winter 2015/2016 Fancy seeds can produce fancy zinnias. If you have an excess of s
Location: Lake Macquarie, N.S.W., Australia Date: 2018-02-20
Location: My study/library/computer room. Date: Winter 2015/2016 Zinnia embryos closeup. They germinate QUICKLY. Graph paper 10 pe
Location: In my 8A garden. Date: 2016-06-13 6/13/2016
Date: 2014-08-19
Date: 2014-07-27
Location: My garden in Kentucky Date: 2007-07-23 #pollination
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2017-08-04 Zinnia 007
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Photo by sedumzz
Date: 2019-07-25
Date: 2013-08-23
Location: My garden Date: 2019-07-26
Location: western Oregon Date: 2015-12-20
Location: Gardenfish garden Date: July 2019
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Location: North Carolina Date: 2020-08-07 Sweat bee on red Zinnia bloom
Location: Virginia Beach, VA Date: 2019-05-26 9-Pack of Zinnia cells from Lowe's in VB.
Location: Lake Macquarie, N.S.W., Australia Date: 2018-02-27
#Pollination
Photo by Paul2032
Date: 2014-08-19
Date: 2014-08-19
Date: 2014-08-29
Date: 2018-07-13
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Date: 2016-07-10 My zinnias
Date: 2019-09-11
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2017-08-07 Perfect Zinnia 003
Zinnia transplants ready for the garden.
Date: 2014-08-25
Date: 2014-08-25
Location: In my zone 8 garden Date: 2012-10-16
Date: 2014-08-04
Date: 2014-08-25
Location: central Illinois Date: 2016-09-28 Found these growing next to a soybean field
Photo by sedumzz
Location: Opp, AL Date: 2015-09-19
Photo by sedumzz
Date: 2014-08-19
Date: 2019-07-25
Date: 2012-10-02
Location: Lake Macquarie, N.S.W., Australia Date: 2018-02-03 grown from seed
Location: my garden Date: 2014-09-05
Location: DISCLAIMER: This is an old photo from an old phone. I don't know why, but the photos look "deep fried". sorry about that.
Location: Opp, AL Date: 2015-06-05
Location: Opp, AL Date: 2015-06-05
Date: 2014-10-08
Date: 2016-07-15
Variegated Zinnia
Location: Mason, New Hampshire Date: 2013-07-24
Date: 2013-08-18
Photo by Newyorkrita
Date: 2015-08-26
Date: 2015-08-26
Date: 2015-08-26
Date: 2013-08-09
Location: Cherokee County Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden, Jacksonville, TX Date: 2012-04-30
Location: Plano, TX Date: 2013-07-12 Candy Cane and California Giant zinnias
Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania Date: 2016-07-26
Photo by stilldew
Location: b Date: 2016-07-27
Photo by Paul2032
Date: 2013-08-29
Date: 2014-08-19
Date: 2011-08-14
Date: 2011-08-14
Date: 2011-08-14
Location: Test garden Date: 2017-05-12
Location: Test garden Date: 2017-05-05
Date: 2014-08-25
Date: 2013-08-09
Date: 2014-08-25
Date: 2019-09-05
Date: 2014-08-25
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl. Date: 2013-05-13
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl. Date: 2013-05-13
Date: 2014-08-04
Date: 2014-08-25
Date: 2014-08-25
Date: 2014-08-25
Date: 2014-08-25
Date: 2014-08-25
Date: 2014-08-25
Date: 2014-08-19
Date: 2014-08-19
Date: 2014-08-19
Location: Plano, TX Date: 2013-06-13
Date: 2014-08-19
Location: In my 8A garden. Date: June 2016
Date: 2014-07-27
Date: 2014-07-27
Date: 2012-09-26
Date: 2007-09-26
Date: 2012-10-02
Date: 2012-10-02
Location: My garden in Kentucky Date: 2007-07-31
Location: My garden in Kentucky Date: 2007-07-31
Location: My garden in Kentucky Date: 2007-07-28
Location: My garden in Kentucky Date: 2007-07-28
Location: Kyle, TX Date: 2020-04-18
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl. Date: 2013-05-22
Location: central Illinois Date: 2017-01-19
Date: 2014-08-05 Zahara behind.......Magellan in front
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Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 12, 2013 5:25 PM concerning plant:
    I love to use zinnias as a filler in any area of the garden that is in need of lots of color from spring till frost. You can buy nursery transplants of these colorful annuals, but really they are so easy to start from seed.
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Lovely, Paul! by chelle Nov 5, 2012 7:14 AM 2
Untitled by 4susiesjoy Aug 14, 2013 7:40 AM 3
Untitled by gjs2239 Aug 23, 2014 11:47 AM 1
Very unusual zinnia flower form by ZenMan Jul 18, 2016 8:23 PM 5
Nice by Leftwood Dec 6, 2016 11:04 PM 1
(Zinnia elegans 'Redman Super Cactus') by ZenMan Dec 7, 2016 11:15 PM 1
Zinnias by jesimpson25 Nov 17, 2018 8:04 AM 1
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