Thanks, Zenman!
First of all those zinnias are beautiful!!
White is my favorite color in flowers too, and I have never had any whites from my mixes. That's why I got the 2 specifically named white, 1 Profusion and 1 Cactus.
Thanks, Evelyn!
Yes, commercial websites.
I actually just got a reply from the owner. He said they might not be viable 'cause they've had them a while, and suggested I tried what I believe is called stratifying. I never bother with that but will try this time. Oh and they refunded me.
I have a few more newbie questions, please.
My second question if you guys have time. I am having problems with some of my collected seeds. Again couple batches are fine but the ones I collected from my State Fair last year germinate but they are all white (light yellow) and don't survive and the ones I collected from my friend's Profusion - very poor germination rates, like 2 out of 20. So, are those harder to grow from collected seeds? Especially Profusion? Or I did something wrong, most probably :)
Which leads to my 3rd question. I can't find any info easily online. Are Belize zinnias like Profusions and Zaharas? I know they are low growing. But are they those Marylandicas?
And my 4th question, just out of curiosity. Is there any correlation between seedling height and zinnia plant height? Looking at my seedlings the Profusions and Belize seedlings are small, but my others are almost all tall (I planted Burpeeana Giants, Lilliputs, State Fair and Whirligigs). Lilliputs prob the last time because I am tired of 4+ feet "dwarfs" and I kinda like bigger size flowers on such tall plants.