These Golden Doubles Come Early and Stay Late!
Zinnia Sun Gold Hybrid
Uniform, compact 24- to 30-inch plants.
5 inches across and fully double, they keep their color beautifully!
Among the longest-blooming large-flowered Zinnias we have ever grown, Sun Gold arrives early and stays late, with a free-flowering habit that will fill every vase in your house with golden blooms all summer--and still leave plenty for the garden! These Dahlia-flowerd blossoms reach up to 5 inches across with rich, nonfading color. The plant is superb for a large planting or individual specimen use, with a very uniform habit just 24 to 30 inches tall. Magnificent, season-long color and great garden performance make Sun a favorite!
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! Direct-sow or start ahead indoors. Pkt is 15 seeds.
| Genus | Zinnia |
| Species | elegans |
| Variety | Sun Gold Hybrid |
| Bloom Season | Early Summer - Late Summer |
| Habit | Upright |
| Plant Height | 24 in - 2 ft 6 in |
| Bloom Size | 5 in |
| Item Form | Seeds |
| Additional Characteristics | Flower |
| Bloom Color | Gold |
| Bloom Season | Summer |
| Light Requirements | Full Sun |
| Moisture Requirements | Moist, well-drained |
| Soil Tolerance | Normal, loamy |
| Uses | Beds, Border, Containers, Cut Flowers, Ornamental, Outdoor |
