Zesty zinnias (Zinnia elegans) are a Louisiana Super Plant for spring 2024. Zinnias are beloved flowers for the garden for their bright, cheerful colors and large flower heads on tall, single stalks.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Natasha McCrary, founder and owner of 1818 Farms, believes that zinnias are consistently the most ...

Most growers plant zinnias in ornamental gardens or pots and harvest the blooms for cut flowers and bouquets. However, zinnias are multi-purpose plants that can also be companion-planted with veggies ...

There’s no happier flower in the cutting garden than the zinnia. In an array of colors, shapes, and sizes, these floral blooms spark smiles at first sight, adding pizzazz to cutting gardens and summer ...

It can be incredibly easy to accidentally plant the wrong flowers together in the same flower bed, especially if you love to collect classic garden blooms. But there is one particular flower that ...

Time to get the garden shears. You should deadhead your zinnias once their blooms start to fade and turn brown. Use garden shears or pinch off the flower with your fingers. Deadheading will help the ...

“The Language of Flowers is indeed as old as the hills; yet it can never become old, for every Spring reproduces its characters anew.” — Robert Tyas, Floral Emblems of Thoughts, Feelings, and ...

Zinnia flowers come in vibrant hues, including pink, orange, red and purple. They add bold, cheerful hues to any garden or home Zinnias make excellent cut flowers, lasting for a week or more in a vase ...

Zinnias are the top flower for the San Antonio summer garden. They prosper in the heat and full sun to produce colorful blooms from April 1 to Thanksgiving. Bloom colors include red, yellow, cream, ...

My summer gardens would not be complete without zinnias. These old-fashioned favorites bloom in a rainbow of bright colors all summer long, are among the easiest annuals to grow, provide an endless ...

Oh, if only I could be more like a zinnia. While I have been wilting in summer’s heat and humidity, my zinnias remain unfazed. Although I’m a magnet for mosquitoes and other biting and stinging ...