| Just for fun, Candy Stripe introduces a whole new palette of color into the solid shades for which Zinnias are known -- stripes, splashes, and flecks of brilliant color! These fully double, Dahlia-flowered blooms have petals of greenish-white, liberally marked with red, rose, and pink. From bold splashes and stripes to pencil-thin outlines, these markings distinguish each bloom as unique. And you get plenty of them on bushy, very well-branched 2-foot plants! Zinnias are one of the easiest annuals to grow, and attract butterflies to the garden. They are outstanding in beds, borders, and containers, are are the perfect cut flower -- the more you cut, the more you get! They thrive in the sun and heat of summer, and ask only well-drained soil. Their biggest enemy is mildew, so water them with a soaker hose or other ground-based spray to minimize wetting the foliage -- or, if this isn't possible, water them early in the day, so that the leaves can dry off before nightfall. Space the plants generously to prevent overcrowding. When cutting the blooms for the vase, trim off all the foliage; unlike the blooms, it does not age well! Pkt is 50 seeds. |
