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

Zen_Man wrote:
[quote=\"brendak654\"]... zinnia photo\'s did not look to be swaying at all when your pictures were taken. ...

You know I may still have some Mexican Zinnia seed. I just don\'t like those as well. It is almost like they are not zinnias. Since I still have a little bare spot in one of the gardens - I may have to stick a few of those seed in the ground and watch them grow and try hybridizing with a few of those... [/quote]
Hi Brenda,

I cranked my shutter speed up to 1/2000th on some of those. It was windy, and getting worse by the minute. I really should learn more about my camera -- I have several books on it. But we have impending heavy rain tomorrow and the next day, so I will try to get some more zinnias planted today.

With regard to the Mexican zinnias, the Whirligigs arose from interspecific crosses with them, and crosses with Whirligigs and larger zinnias can lead to some interesting results. I am attaching a picture from yesterday showing an example of that.

I so look forward to more messages and pictures from you. Your big zinnia grow-out has great potential. More later.

ZM