Hybridizers: It can be fun to breed your own zinnias - Part 6, 5 by brendak654

brendak654 wrote:
ZM - Thanks for the advise on planting my this years seed.

I\'ve been out checking my zinnia and here are a few that I find this eve to be a little out of the ordinary. Gee - It looks like I\'m hung up on pink & purple today. The last one I posted is my favorite. The second one I posted reminds me of lipstick for some reason. I didn\'t get photo #4 cropped very well - woops.

Today, it was time I go visit a dear friend with stage 4 cancer. I opted to try and cheer her up by taking her a bouquet of zinnia sunshine. I took yellow, orange and red zinnia. She loved them. Most of them were larger zinnia, but I did pick a few scabiosa zinnia to add to the mix. It is sure nice to be able to just go out with scissors in hand and water in a bucket, and pick and choose just the right zinnia for the right circumstance. Recently I did a floral demo for a group of garden club ladies and you guessed it, I took several zinnia to work with. The most perfect I could find and I color coordinated them with the vase I was arranging them in. It went very well and it was a great group of club members (both women & men).

I\'ve cultivated my Wetland Garden this afternoon - I went super slow in hopes of not covering those babies with dirt. I should be down there right now uncovering any I may have covered. I also need to take my rotiller down there, but it is a long walk. It is really hot out there. I think the zinnia like that HOT & HUMIDITY way more than I do.

Keep cool!