Zinnia elegans Seeds | Pink Zinnia
LATIN NAME: Zinnia elegans
COMMON NAME: Pink Zinnia
Plant Profile
Known to gardeners as Pink Zinnia, Zinnia elegans is a sturdy, upright annual in the daisy family. Pink zinnia blazes sturdy, upright annual with rough, oval leaves and solitary, single flower heads of bright-pink rays around golden, domed centre, blooms standing on stiff stems through the whole summer and into the autumn. Flowers open in steady succession, and plant grows quickly from the seed. It stands summer heat and dry spells well, and it likes sun, and moist, well-drained soil. Through the flowering season it keeps visiting bees well supplied. Add these qualities together and you have a species well worth a place in the garden.
Science & Biotechnology
Within the daisy family, Zinnia elegans is of continuing interest to researchers working on plant diversity, seed biology and the selection of improved garden forms. Long, steady flowering of zinnia gives it a recognised place in research on warm-season annuals of daisy family, and pink forms appear in studies of flower pigments and heat-season bloom. Gardeners benefit directly from its long cultivation: what the plant will do in a garden is well understood.
Uses & Benefits
Pink Zinnia works well in borders, containers and dedicated beds. In sunny garden, pink zinnia blazes summer border with pink heads. Flowers open for butterflies and bees, cut stems serve vase for weeks, and plant fills border, bed and pot for generations. It grows well in moist, well-drained, sunny ground. In later seasons it demands little more than an appreciative eye.
Zinnias are the easiest of all cutting flowers and a feast for butterflies; they are pure summer happiness without medicinal pretense.
Growing from Seed
Pink Zinnia is one of those generous plants that come along well from seed. Scatter the seed evenly over a loose seed compost, cover to no more than its own depth, and keep the pot moist and bright. Grow the youngsters on steadily in pots until well rooted, then move them to their final positions.
Our Take
Few garden plants carry such a documented history of use as this one does. Once established, Pink Zinnia largely looks after itself. Young plants want steady water; older plants take conditions as they come.
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