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Zinnia elegans, Jacq. Youth-and-Old. Figs. 4048-4050. Erect annual, a foot or more high, but varying from 3 in. to 3 ft.: lvs. ovate or elliptic, clasping, about 1 in. wide: rays becoming reflexed, originally purple or lilac, but now of nearly every color except blue and green; disk originally yellow or orange, but nearly or quite absent in the common double forms: fls. 2-5 in. across. July to Oct. Mex. Single forms are pictured in B.M. 527. P.M. 1:223, B.R. 1294 (the last two as Z. violacea). Double forms, F.S. 13:1394, R.H. 1861:251; 1864:331, G. 4:138. Pompons in Gn. 48, p. 464 (Lilliput); 30:270 (deceptive as to size), R.B. 20, p. 152.—The common species from which most of the garden zinnias are derived.
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syn. Zinnia elegans, Jacq. Youth-and-Old. Erect annual, a foot or more high, but varying from 3 in. to 3 ft.: lvs. ovate or elliptic, clasping, about 1 in. wide: rays becoming reflexed, originally purple or lilac, but now of nearly every color except blue and green; disk originally yellow or orange, but nearly or quite absent in the common double forms: fls. 2-5 in. across. July to Oct. Mex.—The common species from which most of the garden zinnias are derived.
 
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| high = 8-40in (20-100cm)
 
| wide = 8-18in (20-45cm)
 
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| tribus = Heliantheae
 
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Popular garden flowers. Newer cultivars tend to have better disease resistance.
 
Popular garden flowers. Newer cultivars tend to have better disease resistance.
  
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==References==
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
 
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
 
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
 
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
 
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Revision as of 00:21, 9 December 2009


Zinnia elegans 02.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. to 40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Width: 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. to 18 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18.
Cultivation
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Scientific Names

Asteraceae >

Zinnia >

violacea >



Read about Zinnia violacea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

syn. Zinnia elegans, Jacq. Youth-and-Old. Erect annual, a foot or more high, but varying from 3 in. to 3 ft.: lvs. ovate or elliptic, clasping, about 1 in. wide: rays becoming reflexed, originally purple or lilac, but now of nearly every color except blue and green; disk originally yellow or orange, but nearly or quite absent in the common double forms: fls. 2-5 in. across. July to Oct. Mex.—The common species from which most of the garden zinnias are derived.


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Popular garden flowers. Newer cultivars tend to have better disease resistance.


More information about this species can be found on the genus page.

Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Cultivars

There are numerous cultivars, including:

  • 'Aztek' - white flowers;
  • 'Canary Yellow' - 30 in (75 cm), bright yellow;
  • Dreamland Series - 12 in (30 cm), double, many colors;
  • 'Envy' - 30 in (75 cm), light green fully double;
  • 'Giant Purity' - 30 in (75 cm), fully double white flowers;
  • 'Halo' - red;
  • Mammoth Exhibition Series - 30 in (75 cm), double, large color range;
  • Oklahoma Series - 36 in (90 cm) tall, semi-double and fully double, large number of colors;
  • 'Polar Bear' - 30 in (75 cm), pure white, double;
  • Profusion Series - 12 in (30 cm), single flowers, can be red, orange, or white;
  • 'Pulcino' - 16 in (40 cm), semi-double and fully double flowers, many colors;
  • Ruffles Series - 27 in (70 cm), double flowers in most colors;
  • Splendor Series - 24 in (60 cm), fully double, red, pink, orange, or yellow;
  • Sun Series - 20 in (50 cm) tall, double, range of bright warm colors.

Gallery

References

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