Beginner Gardening: suggestions needed: what flower to plant next year -2015?, 4 by Zen_Man

Zen_Man wrote:
This year I crossed some of my conventional white zinnias, like the first picture of a white cactus flowered zinnia (on a nice bushy plant) with unconventional zinnia flower forms, like the needle-petaled variant and the tubular petaled variant. It will be interesting to see what the results look like. And of course these unique zinnias need to be patrolled by a group of highly trained "guard guineas" in case any insect pests should present a threat.

ZM