Mexican Zinnia, Narrow-leaved Zinnia 'Persian Carpet'

Plants bloomed for six months with NO MILDEW until November. By then, each plant was a small bush of 18" x 18". Flower color/pattern vari...Read Morees but all blend together to make a nice ensemble. Seeds are available from Park's, Stokes', and Thompson and Morgan. A great cut flower to pair with blue cornflowers (centaurea cyanis).

Old-fashioned, disease resistant small flowering zinnia with rounded starry blooms in a mosaic of warm colors with contrasting petal tips...Read More and centers.

From your friends at Botanical Interests, inc.: At 12"-18" tall, Persian Carpet Zinnias are smaller and more compact than common Zinnias ...Read Moreand have narrower leaves. The 1"-2" wide blooms are a fiesta of bi-colored single and double flowers in hot spicy colors of gold, purple, red, chocolate, white, and orange. They are very heat and drought tolerant, make delightful cut flowers, and attract butterflies. Enjoy them in containers, beds, and borders until the first fall frost.

Very fun and easy to grow, just direct sow, or can be started early.It transplants easily. Lots and lots of flowers,for a very long growi...Read Moreng season. Also a lot more mildew resistance than other zinnia varieties, almost none.