Zinnia elegans Peppermint Stick Improved
Half-hardy Annual
- Flowers: Summer
- Position: Full sun
- Height: 28 inches
- Germination: Experience Useful
- Aftercare: Easy
- Ideal for: Border, Cut Flower
Description
A popular variety for many years, now with an improved color range.
Attractive, double flowers all striped and blotched in scarlet, carmine, vermilion, and rosy-purple on cream and yellow.
Makes a stunning border or cut flower.
Sowing Instructions
| Sowing time: | Indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost or outdoors after last frost where summers are long. |
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Sow indoors.
Sow seed at 20-25C (68-77F) on the surface of a good free draining, damp seed sowing mix.
Cover seed with a very fine sprinkling of sowing mix or vermiculite.
Place in a propagator or seal container in a plastic bag until after germination which usually takes 10-24 days.
Do not exclude light at any stage, as this helps germination.
Growing Instructions
Transplant seedlings when large enough to handle into trays or 7.5cm (3in) pots.
Grow on at 60F minimum and avoid high humidity.
gradually acclimatize plants to cooler conditions for a few weeks before planting out after all risk of frost, 30cm (12in) apart.
Aftercare Instructions
Prefers a rich, well drained soil in full sun.
Dislikes root disturbance.
Remove faded flowers to promote blooming.
