Just a few more zinnias for you...I think I've got Zinnia Fever!
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Someone splashed these beauties with crimson paint!
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I read today in my Southern Living Everyday Gardener that the more zinnias you pick, the more blooms you get, so I went out and clipped off all the fading ones and picked several to put in my Mom's little "frog" flower bowl...
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Singles, doubles, and everything in between!
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Even "Fairy-Sprinkled" ones...;^)
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A whole row of fun!
The SL book also said that
zinnias love heat and humidity, and can easily withstand drought...
So glad I can accommodate them!
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Still no rain, though it rained all around us today...it just skipped right over us...
It got really cloudy, though, and "missed a real good chance" as my Daddy would always say.
Please keep sending those rainy-day feelings our way!
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One more thing...(no, not another zinnia...) ~ my first tuberose is blooming!
H-e-a-v-e-n-l-y fragrance, if you've never experienced one...just a very heady, intoxicating scent! And, it becomes much more pronounced after dark...
Last year we had Hummingbird Moths visit the tuberoses almost every night...
amazing creatures!
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Okay, this really is the last thing...
A few sources for Zinnia seeds for next year... there are some really interesting ones!
http://www.seedman.com/zinnia.htm
(I like the Benary Giants and Chippendale here...)
http://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/annuals/zinnias.html
(Check out Queen Lime, Zahara Double Cherry, Envy, and Starlight Rose...Yumm!)
http://www.edenbrothers.com/store/zinnia_seeds.html
(I like the Carousel Mix here...)
I don't think I can wait until next year!...It said 6 weeks from "planting-to-bloom"...and we don't get a killing frost until very late November... (Did we even have one last year?? The petunias that are still blooming from Spring 2011 say "No"...) ~ I think I'm going to have to order from Swallowtail!
Have a great Thursday, everyone!
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Anne
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