I love these annuals!! A favorite in my gardens and so easy to grow. Zinnia seeds can be started indoors in early spring or sprinkled on top or planted a half inch deep into your soil in the spring. These are one of the easiest annuals to start from seed in Minnesota!

Not into starting them from seed? You can buy these beauties already growing and ready to go into your garden at nurseries.

Zinnias rank high in “happiness factor” with their cheerful, crayon colors. Plus, they’ll thrive during the long hot days of summer, when other flowers have given up, and continue to flower profusely until frost finally kills them in the fall. Heat- and drought-resistant, they keep branching willingly so the more you cut them to share with friends and family, the more flowers you will have. Talk about a hard-working flower!

This is one plant you won’t have to fuss over. They are happy with an inch of water a week and need little additional fertilizing. Soon you’ll be picking armloads of flowers! Just be prepared to deadhead and cut off spent flowers. Another plus – deer and rabbit typically leave these alone.

Discover different types of zinnias from short to tall, from single color to bi-color.

Profusion Zinnia – “Cherry”

14” to 18” High and 20” to 24” wide.

One of the smallest zinnias and form nice, neat clumps

Zydeco Zinnia – Mix

14” to 20” High by 14” to 20” wide.

Bushy, mounding and upright double flowers

that are larger than the Profusion variety.

Magellan Mix Zinnia

12” to 14” tall and 10” to 12” wide.

Long lasting, sturdy and upright. Large flowers

Zinnia – State Fair and Benary’s Giant

State Fair: 30” high    Benary’s Giant: 48” high

Tall with large flower heads. Requires staking but a stunner in the garden when planted in masses.