Zinnia, Country Fair Color Mix

Country Fair zinnias produce huge 4-5 inch double flowers in a riot of colors on tall stems perfect for cutting. These are serious cut-and-come-again flowers—the more you cut, the more they bloom—and they're so easy to grow they're practically foolproof.

Zinnia: These prolific, heat-loving annuals are cut flower machines, producing continuous, endless blooms in every color except blue. Zinnias (Zinnia elegans) thrive in summer heat and humidity that make other flowers wilt. Available in forms ranging from giant 6-inch dinner plates to tiny button-sized pompoms, on plants varying from compact 1-foot mounds to statuesque 4-foot cutting garden specimens. They are among the easiest flowers to grow, blooming continuously from midsummer to frost with minimal care and no deadheading required, guaranteeing foolproof flower abundance for your garden or vase.

• Growing Tips: Transplant after all frost danger passes when soil warms, spacing 6-18 inches apart depending on variety; plants thrive in heat and humidity.

• Sun Requirements: Full sun (6-8 hours minimum).

• Preferred Soil: Rich, well-drained soil with consistent moisture; tolerates average soil.

• Harvest Details: Cut flowers when fully open for a vase life of 7-12 days; no deadheading is needed for continuous blooming; avoid overhead watering which promotes mildew; blooms prolifically from midsummer to frost.