Flowers
Zinnia marylandica 'Zahara Sunburst'
Zinnias
The Zinnia Zahara series has good resistance for mildew and thrives in dry, hot and sunny conditions. The red and yellow bicoloured blooms of this bedding annual are highly attractive to bees and butterflies, and will continue flowering through the summer into autumn if deadheaded regularly.
- Plant type
- Half-Hardy Annual
- Position
- Full sun
- Height
- 40cm
- Spread
- 40cm
Growing calendar
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Sow indoors
Sow outdoors
Flowering
Sowing & growing
Sow under cover in March-April in pots or modular trays to avoiding pricking out and disturbing the roots. Place at 15-25°C for germination. Once they have grown on acclimatise and plant outside 20-25cm apart, once no longer any risk of frost. Can also be sown directly outside in April-May, 3mm deep drills in prepared seedbed. Keep watered well watered throughout.
Aftercare
If growing in pots, feed weekly with a liquid feed.
Gallery
Ref. SEZ005