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Zinnias

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Red Zinnias

I know that I’ve already posted about my zinnias this summer, but I can’t help posting about them again.  They are seriously the hardest working flowers in my garden.  The hardest working and I put the least amount of effort in them.  I bought a couple of three dollar packets of seeds and just tossed them around in the flower bed.  Barely worked them with in with a little hand tool.  That’s it.  Took about 5 minutes of my time and they are definitely the show stoppers in my garden!

Pink Zinnias

I bought two mixed seed varieties, not even any of the fancy one kind packets.  I might try some of them next year, but I think you get less seeds in the packets.  I’ve never tried saving zinnia seeds, does anyone do that?  Does it work?  I’ve been deadheading them, but leaving a few to go to seed because the finches seem to love them.

Zinnias

Multi colored zinnias

The red zinnias are crazy red.  My camera didn’t know what do with all that color.  I even desaturated the red in Lightroom and they are still crazy bright!

For the next garden post, I’ll try to share some of the limelight with some of my other flowers.  It will be in two weeks, because part of my more sane blogging schedule means that on Wednesdays I alternate a book review and a garden post.  This new schedule is so wonderful, I even found time to go to the gym this morning!

This week I am linking up to:

Gardens Galore
The Scoop
Spread the Kindness |
Inspire Me Tuesday Feathered Nest Friday
Saturday Sharefest!

Filed Under: Gardening, Lifestyle Tagged With: flowers, zinnias

About Pam Greer

Pam Greer can be found at her foodie (and wine, and books, and cats) blog: Sidewalk Shoes, at her professional photography business: Pamela Greer Photography, at her daily photography blog: Pamela Greer 365. By the time you've read this, she has probably started another site.

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  1. Liz @ Home and Gardening With Liz says

    September 5, 2017 at 8:32 pm

    I didn’t plant any zinnias but I want to next year. Seems to me you split open the flower head and you will find tons of seeds in there. Just put them in an envelope and save them for next year. I’ve even started some from the seeds I took from a flower during the same summer. I bought some at the farmers market last weekend- I should save the flowers and get the seeds out!

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  2. Pam Richardson says

    September 4, 2017 at 11:35 pm

    Pam, I also love zinnias…so much bang out of a packet of seeds! Your red ones are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing at Gardens Galore!

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  3. Kim says

    September 4, 2017 at 8:49 pm

    I’ve been thinking of planting zinnias next year. Now that you described how easy yours were to grow from seed, I’m all in! Thank you, and Happy Labor Day!

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  4. bonnie morgan says

    September 4, 2017 at 9:46 am

    Love your zinnias. I don’t have enough sun for them and that makes me sad since I love them. Yours are so pretty.

    I did buy the expensive kind and the rabbits ate them.

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  5. Marjie says

    August 31, 2017 at 10:49 am

    Crazy bright flowers are the best, don’t you think?

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  6. Louise says

    August 30, 2017 at 8:31 pm

    I miss not having any Zinnias in the garden this year. I thought for sure they would have reseeded themselves from last year. Darn!!! I have saved Zinnia seeds before and planted them in the Spring. Definitely works as long as you have the right part of the flower. Many moons ago, I was saving the wrong part of the flower and was sooooo disappointed when I didn’t get any plants. I think because we had a mild Winter the seeds may not have “chilled” enough. I’ll try again next year, good Lord willing and the creek don’t freeze:)

    Yours Zinnias are lovely Pam! The colors are so vibrant! Looking forward to seeing your other flowers. My garden is soooo over grown but, it still brings me pleasant scents and lots of smiles:)

    Thank you so much for sharing, Pam…

    Thank you so much for sharing…

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  7. Ann says

    August 30, 2017 at 4:47 am

    I like zinnias and ranunculi and dahlias. Most flowers really.

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