Hybridizers: It can be fun to breed your own zinnias - Part 6, 3 by Zen_Man

Zen_Man wrote:
[quote=\"brendak654\"]Hello Zinnia people,

I thought I would check back on Dave\'s Garden, as I have not been here in a long while - I was looking to see if there was any zinnia activity. The #1 zinnia is most interesting as it has a slight tingle of yellow around each petal. The #2 zinnia has the three leaves instead of the normal two. The #3 is a remnant of my last years rose looking zinnia. [/quote]
Hi Brenda,

I am very impressed by your ongoing zinnia breeding activities. That first picture is a potential breakthrough zinnia with that contrasting edge color around each petal. I have never seen anything like that. Is that edge color the same as the color on the back sides of the petals?

I am also impressed that you recognize the significance of the plan-of-three in zinnia plant structure. I think it would be great to get a strain of zinnias like that.

I have had quite a few \"volunteer\" zinnias this year, but so far they have been mediocre in quality and have been culled. My zinnias are coming into bloom now and I have had a few that seemed interesting. These were all in my South Garden which was planted to Whirlgigs. More later.

ZM