There are 20, spreading to erect annuals, perennials, and sub shrubs in the Asteraceae family, make up this genus. \u00a0They naturally occur from scrub and desert grassland, mainly in Mexico, but also in Southwestern USA, and Central and South America. \u00a0They have opposite, stalkless or almost stalkless, linear to ovate, pale to mid green leaves. \u00a0Zinnias are cultivated for their solitary, long stemmed, daisy like, terminal flower heads in a wide range of colors and shapes, including white, yellow, orange, chartreuse, red, purple and lilac, some with contrasting eyes. \u00a0In some, the flower heads resemble formal decorative dahlias ( referred to as \u201cdahlia-flowered\u201d) others resemble cactus flowered dahlias ( referred to as \u201ccactus flowered\u201d). \u00a0Use in an annual or mixed border, and for cutting. \u00a0Smaller cultivars are suitable for edging and for window boxes or other containers. \u00a0They usually attract butterflies.<\/p>\n
Grow in fertile, humus rich, well-drained soil in full sun. \u00a0Deadhead to prolong flowering.<\/p>\n
Prone to bacterial spots, fungal spots, powdery mildew, bacterial wilt, Southern blight, stem rots, caterpillars, mealy bugs, <\/i><\/em>and spider mites.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n Z. haageana <\/b><\/strong>\u2018Star White\u2019 <\/b><\/strong>\u2013 Z. angustifolia of gardens \u2013 Z. mexicana <\/b><\/strong>\u2018Star White\u2019 <\/b><\/strong>\u2013 Mexican Zinnia <\/b><\/strong>– \u00a0This erect, bushy annual from Southeastern USA, grows 24\u201d tall and 8-12\u201d wide. \u00a0It produces oblong to linear or linear-lance-shaped leaves, to 3\u201d long, lightly covered in bristly hairs. \u00a0In summer and early fall, it bears a profusion of daisy like, broad petalled, white flower heads with golden yellow centers, to 1 \u00bd\u201d across.<\/p>\n Zones 9-11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Zinnia \u2013 There are 20, spreading to erect annuals, perennials, and sub shrubs in the Asteraceae family, make up this genus. \u00a0They naturally occur from scrub and desert grassland, mainly in Mexico, but also in Southwestern USA, and Central and South America. \u00a0They have opposite, stalkless or almost stalkless, linear to ovate, pale to mid […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[24,33,22,34,25],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160252506"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3996"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3996"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3996"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}