Pandora said:Would any of my choices, come true from collected seeds?
Hi Pandora,
As Woofie said, bees can cross-pollinate zinnias, which would yield random F1 hybrids, which would not be "coming true". However, bee activity can also shake pollen off of pollen florets such that it selfs the stigmas that it falls on. So a fairly large fraction of your naturally pollinated zinnia seed will be selfs, and yield progeny that resemble the mother flower plant.
So I wouldn't hesitate to save seeds from any of your favorite specimens. The majority of saved zinnia seeds will be reasonably representative of the maternal parent. And you might even like some of the hybrids that appear.
ZM
