Hybridizers: It can be fun to breed your own zinnias - Part 6, 0 by Zen_Man

Zen_Man wrote:
Hello everybody,

Some of the hybrid zinnias I transplanted into my garden are in bloom now, and I am attaching a picture of one that has an interesting new flower form. The inner half of the petals are tubular and the outer half is open and down-rolled to create a pointed effect. Today it produced a good yield of pollen, and I used all of it, to self pollinate a few surgically exposed stigmas on the parent bloom, and also to cross-pollinate it with several different bloom forms. I am also planting new seed beds as fast as I can. I hope to have my outdoor zinnia garden planted by July 9th.

ZM