Flowers: Summer

Height: 15 inches

Position: Full Sun

Germination: Experience Useful

Aftercare: Easy

Description: The best bedding Zinnia! Outstanding garden performance, and flowering ability that really lives up to its name. Robust and compact, with strong basal branching and a self cleaning growth habit, for continuous colour. Excellent in bedding, borders and containers.

Sowing Instructions: Sowing Time: March to May. Sow in pots or trays of moist seed compost and cover with a very fine sprinkling of compost or vermiculite. Place in a propagator or warm place, and keep at a constant temperature of between 20-25C (68-77F). After sowing, do not exclude light as this helps germination. Keep the surface of the compost moist but not waterlogged; germination will usually take 10-21 days.

Growing Instructions: When large enough to handle, transplant seedlings into 7.5cm (3in) pots or trays. Gradually acclimatise to outdoor conditions for 10-15 days before planting out after all risk of frost, 23cm (9in) apart. For best results, provide a moist, well-drained soil in full sun.

Aftercare Instructions: Can also be sown once the soil has warmed, 3mm (1/8in) deep in drills 30cm (12in) apart in well-cultivated soil which has been raked to a fine tilth. When large enough to handle, thin out seedlings to 23cm (9in) apart.