Common Name: Zinnia Queeny Cherry Red
Scientific Name: Zinnia elegans
Life Cycle: Annual
Remarks: Flowers bloom in a bright cherry red.
Type Of Seed: Open pollinated, a non-hybrid type of seed that can reproduce itself to have similar traits the parent plant from one generation to the next. If you are saving the seeds, as long as pollen is not shared between two varieties of the same species, the seeds should remain true to type year after year.
Plant Height: 70-90cm
When: Spring and Summer
Sowing Depth + Method: 6mm deep, raise seedlings or sow direct.
Do not allow plants to become root bound and avoid disturbing roots; transplant shock or other stress events may cause double-flowering varieties to produce single blooms for a period following stress.
Spacing: 20-30cm
Position: Sun
Days until Germination: 3-5 days @ 27-29 degrees
Seed to Bloom: 75-90 days
Vase Life: 7 - 10 days
Harvest: Before completely open. Stem is firm from point of cut to just below the bloom.
Approx. Number of Seeds: 50
Note: Orders to Western Australia are sent weekly as they require quarantine inspections upon arrival to WA.