A tall, bushy, half-hardy annual, with large semi-double flowers in bright shades of red, pink, yellow and orange; produced on long stems up to 90cm (36in) high. They are ideal to grow for cut flowers ...

Zinnia elegans is an annual flowering plant native to Mexico. The uncultivated form grows to a height of 75cm and has a solitary, daisy-type flower heads. There are now many cultivated forms of Zinnia ...

Alternatively, they can be sown direct or planted out as ready-grown plug plants in early summer. April or May is the best time to plant zinnia seeds in a greenhouse or cold frame or on a bright ...

Pruning zinnia plants can help maintain their shape and ... Their vibrant hues and long flowering season can transform any ...

Powdery mildew affects over 10,000 plants. Many commonly grown annual and perennial flowering plants, as well as ornamental grasses, can be infected by powdery mildew. Zinnia, phlox, bee balm and ...

When to pinch out zinnia plants Zinnias are fast-growing flowering annuals that thrive in a sunny spot with well-draining soil. As spring rolls on, zinnias can grow at a quick rate, meaning that ...

These double-flowering purple zinnia blooms will steal the show in your cutting garden ... before stripping the lower stems of foliage and arranging them with other homegrown blooms. Yes, zinnia ...

For most gardeners, sowing these seeds and keeping the few alive that actually germinate for four months is not worth the ...

Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) started decorating various parks in the city by planting winter flowers. Besides ...

They may be changed seasonally, with spring, summer and winter bedding displays each using different plants of appropriate hardiness and flowering times. Annuals are plants that complete ... Some ...

Flowering plants commonly infected include phlox, bee-balm, aster, yarrow, coreopsis, rudbeckia, begonia, chrysanthemum, dahlia, delphinium, snapdragon and zinnia. Since different fungi infect ...