This week for Just Plant This, we'll be talking about giant zinnias in the garden.Giant zinnias are annuals which means their life cycle from seed to bloom to seed is just one year.
I have 2 varieties of zinnias in my garden: giant enchantress (pink) and giant lavender gems. They are said to only grow to 2-3 feet high but they can grow up to 3 1/2 feet or so and they spread out about 2-2 1/2 feet wide. So if you're going to add these to your garden - be sure to have a bit of space.The plants end up with about 15 or so blooms each, are really beautiful and have a nice fragrance. Zinnias make for nice cut flowers to bring indoors and they attract bees and hummingbirds. Which I love! Hummingbirds are so fun to watch!
What I find most interesting about the blooms is that when they burst open, they not only have beautiful layered full petals, but right in the center there is a circle of small yellow flowers. Cool right?
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