Zinnia, Benary’s Giant Deep Red

Zinnia, 'Benary's Giants Deep Red', Zinnia elegans, 50 or 200 seeds avg

Benary's Giant Zinnias are the most widely grown cut flower because of their huge gorgeous blooms! These large 4-6" blooms are easy to grow!

Be sure to read ‘Growing Great Zinnias’ by Lisa Mason Ziegler.

Planting Tips:

• Full sun.
• 36" H.
• Summer annual.
• Plant seeds directly in the garden or start indoors for an earlier start.
• Start seeds indoors to transplant to the garden when 2-3 weeks old or plant seeds directly in the garden after last danger of frost.
• Cover seed.
• 3-5 days to germinate.
• Pinch plants at 12” for branching and space plants 6-9” apart.

Harvest Tips:

• Harvest the blooms when fully mature.
• Make the first harvest cut above the bottom two side shoots, this establishes a branching habit for the season.
• Make future cuts at the base of the stem.