Vibrant zinnias thrive in full sunlight, so avoid planting them near shade-lovers. One plant, in particular, makes for quite ...

More specifically, zinnias are in the Heliantheae tribe, just like sunflowers and sunchokes, all of which have petals reminiscent of the sun. The most common type of zinnia flower is Zinnia ...

Let me add another comment about varieties. There are larger flowering (what I call old fashioned) zinnias, and the newer more compact types. For the purposes of this column I would like to focus ...