Hybridizers: It can be fun to breed your own zinnias - Part 3, 0 by Zen_Man

Zen_Man wrote:
Arlan,

Thanks a lot for the link to your research on this. Good work. So far I haven't gotten any viable interspecific hybrid seeds, but I haven't given up on this. I think our Whirligigs and Zig Zags owe their existence to those early interspecific "impossible" hybrids. With the improved zinnias that we have today, we have the possibility of creating improved versions of those early hybrids.

Some of my second generation zinnias from green seeds are coming into bloom now. This one shows some influence from scabiosa florets in its central petals. I now have the pleasant task of choosing which crosses or selfs to make to create my third generation of zinnias this year.

ZM