Hybridizers: It can be fun to breed your own zinnias - Part 6, 1 by Zen_Man

Zen_Man wrote:
Hi Brenda,

" Your seedlings sure look healthy. You must be providing them with everything they could possibly need and more. "

At the present time I have been feeding them with a fairly dilute solution of Orchid Plus and Bloom Booster, both soluble nutrients for orchid growers. My zinnias are my orchids.

The pictures are of a late Fall bloom that combined characteristics of the exotic tubular zinnias and the Razzle Dazzles. It may be an F1 hybrid between the two. The second picture is for a bit closer view of the petal structure. The overall bloom reminded me a bit of a Bachelor's Button (Centaura cyanus). More later.

ZM