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

Zen_Man wrote:

brendak654 wrote:...I did not realize there was a scabiosia zinnia on the market. Do you recall who sells the scabiosia zinnia seed?

Hi Brenda,

There are several strains of scabiosa flowered zinnias in the marketplace. The "newest" is Zinnia Cupcake, which I have not tried yet, but intend to buy some and grow them out next Spring.

http://www.territorialseed.com/product/Cupcakes_Mix_Zinnia_S...

I guess the next "newest" is Zinnia Candy Mixed. Park Seed offers it as a Fall special.

http://parkseed.com/candy-mix-zinnia-seeds/p/51989-PK-P1/

Thompson & Morgan also offer Candy Mixed.

http://www.tmseeds.com/product/Zinnia-elegans-Candy-Mix/Shop...

Thompson & Morgan offer Scabious Zinnias Mixed, so you can get two kinds of scabious zinnias from them.

http://www.tmseeds.com/product/Zinnia-Scabious-Flowered-Mixe...

Swallowtail Gardens also offer Scabious Flowered Mixed, and warn that about one half of them will be off-type. For most scabious zinnia strains, that would be optimistic.

http://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/annuals/zinnias.html#S...

The Cook's Garden also offers Zinnia "Scabiosaflora Mix"

http://www.cooksgarden.com/cottage-flowers/zinnia/zinnia-sca...

I like to purchase from more than one source, because the zinnia seeds from one field differ from those of "the same variety" from another field. It's sort of like getting a second and third opinion on something.

I am including a few more pictures of my zinnias that showed scabious influence. The scabious genes can do some interesting things when mixed with other zinnia varieties.

ZM
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