In the summer of 2010, hundreds of Park Seed customers planted this experimental mix in their gardens to see how it looked and grew. Approximately equal parts Zinnia Profusion white, yellow, and fire (a deep orange/red combo), this landscaping annual is intended for large, colorful plantings, so we thought we'd test it in the best possible setting: our customers' gardens. The results were resounding, and now we're once again offering it for use in the sunny bed, container, or meadow garden.
Now, if you've never grown Zinnia Profusion before, you are in for a big, delightful surprise. The winner of multiple AAS and Fleuroselect awards for quality, this bedding zinnia is just 12 to 15 inches high and wide, but it takes off like crazy from seed and covers itself in big, beautiful blooms all summer. It's renowned for its resistance to heat, drought, and mildew, which makes it worth its weight in gold in humid and rainy climates. Now, all zinnias are pretty tolerant of heat, but Profusion goes above and beyond. Of course, it also attracts butterflies, puts up with stressful conditions, and flowers its head offit's a truly carefree choice for edging, bedding, and containers.
Profusion was designed for large plantings, both covering ground and filling in bare spots beautifully. But it also thrives in flowerpots and window boxes, and can be "crowded" in among other plants, unlike most zinnias. You just can't go wrong with Profusionwe unreservedly give it our highest recommendation. So give this economical little mix a try, and we bet you'll become a Profusion lover too. Each of the colors (and many more, including double-flowered forms) is available separately, too: white, yellow, and fire. You just can't go wrong with Profusion.
These are festive and vigorous plants for use in borders, bedding, edging, containers, and as a fresh cut flower. They will be covered in flowers from summer to frost. Zinnia elegans, Common Zinnia, grows 6-40 inches tall and has broad ovate, 1-4 inch long by 1-2 inch wide leaves. The 1-7 inch diameter flowers come in colors of pink, rose, cherry, lavender, purple, red, orange, salmon, gold, yellow, cream, or light green. Color patterns are solid, zoned, or multi-colored, petal arrangement is either single or double, and flower heads are often chrysanthemum-, dahlia-, or cactus-like. Zinnia haageana, Mexican Zinnia, grows 12-18 inches tall and has narrow 1-2 inch long by 1/2 inch wide leaves. The 1-21/2 inch flowers are red, mahogany, yellow, or orange. Color patterns are solid or two-toned and petal arrangement is either single or double. Zinnia angustifolia (Z. linearis), Narrow-leaf Zinnia, grows 12 inches tall and has narrow, 1-2 inch long by 1/2 inch wide leaves. The 1 inch diameter flowers are golden-orange with yellow stripes and are single in petal arrangement
Superior Germination Through Superior Science
First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University Inspected
Hand Packed By Experienced Technicians
Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold Standard
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.
In the summer of 2010, hundreds of Park Seed customers planted this experimental mix in their gardens to see how it looked and grew. Approximately equal parts Zinnia Profusion white, yellow, and fire (a deep orange/red combo), this landscaping annual is intended for large, colorful plantings, so we thought we'd test it in the best possible setting: our customers' gardens. The results were resounding, and now we're once again offering it for use in the sunny bed, container, or meadow garden.
Now, if you've never grown Zinnia Profusion before, you are in for a big, delightful surprise. The winner of multiple AAS and Fleuroselect awards for quality, this bedding zinnia is just 12 to 15 inches high and wide, but it takes off like crazy from seed and covers itself in big, beautiful blooms all summer. It's renowned for its resistance to heat, drought, and mildew, which makes it worth its weight in gold in humid and rainy climates. Now, all zinnias are pretty tolerant of heat, but Profusion goes above and beyond. Of course, it also attracts butterflies, puts up with stressful conditions, and flowers its head offit's a truly carefree choice for edging, bedding, and containers.
Profusion was designed for large plantings, both covering ground and filling in bare spots beautifully. But it also thrives in flowerpots and window boxes, and can be "crowded" in among other plants, unlike most zinnias. You just can't go wrong with Profusionwe unreservedly give it our highest recommendation. So give this economical little mix a try, and we bet you'll become a Profusion lover too. Each of the colors (and many more, including double-flowered forms) is available separately, too: white, yellow, and fire. You just can't go wrong with Profusion.
These are festive and vigorous plants for use in borders, bedding, edging, containers, and as a fresh cut flower. They will be covered in flowers from summer to frost. Zinnia elegans, Common Zinnia, grows 6-40 inches tall and has broad ovate, 1-4 inch long by 1-2 inch wide leaves. The 1-7 inch diameter flowers come in colors of pink, rose, cherry, lavender, purple, red, orange, salmon, gold, yellow, cream, or light green. Color patterns are solid, zoned, or multi-colored, petal arrangement is either single or double, and flower heads are often chrysanthemum-, dahlia-, or cactus-like. Zinnia haageana, Mexican Zinnia, grows 12-18 inches tall and has narrow 1-2 inch long by 1/2 inch wide leaves. The 1-21/2 inch flowers are red, mahogany, yellow, or orange. Color patterns are solid or two-toned and petal arrangement is either single or double. Zinnia angustifolia (Z. linearis), Narrow-leaf Zinnia, grows 12 inches tall and has narrow, 1-2 inch long by 1/2 inch wide leaves. The 1 inch diameter flowers are golden-orange with yellow stripes and are single in petal arrangement
Superior Germination Through Superior Science
First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University Inspected
Hand Packed By Experienced Technicians
Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold Standard
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.