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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Flowers: Showy
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Days to germinate: 4-7
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting

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Common names
  • Cactus-flowered Zinnia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Zinnia elegans
  • Synonym: Zinnia violacea

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Location: Decatur, GA
Date: 2020-11-08
Last bloom of the season, Nov 8, 2020.

Date: 2016-08-21
Uploaded by sucrose
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2014-10-02
Location: Louis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia
Date: 2021-09-12
Location: Louis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia
Date: 2021-09-12
Location: Louis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia
Date: 2021-09-12

 Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2021-08-13
Zinnia elegans 'Cactus Flowered'
Uploaded by KarenHolt
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-08
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-28

Date: 2019-03-27
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-06
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Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 12, 2013 5:29 PM concerning plant:
    All zinnia flowers are beautiful, but these Cactus-Flowered plants are especially useful to attract both butterflies and goldfinches -- the butterflies for the flowers and the goldfinches for eating the flower seeds.
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