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Posted in My Gardens, Plants From Seed, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged watering can, Wordless Wednesday, zinnias
A rainbow of Zinnias
It’s a good zinnia growing year.
Zinnias, Zinnia elegans are the star of the summer flower show. For filler and contrast, try adding herbs, or coleus. It doesn’t always have to be leather leaf ferns or baby’s breath.
Red and gold zinnias with coleus in an antique watering can.
Summer-long blooms bring butterflies and pollinators to the garden. Zinnias meant “thoughts of an absent friend.” in the Victorian language of flowers.
Zinnias and Russian sage. Cutting Zinnia, “Hot Crayon Colors” ↑
Zinnias and mini marigolds. ↑ →
“Signet Starfire” marigolds. grown from seed. Little yellow and orange dwarf single marigolds keeps blooming until frost.
Shades of red:
Red and white zinnias with coleus make a simple bouquet.
Zinnias and coleus.↑
Zinnias and Nicotiana. ↑
Zinnia and Coleus. ↑
Zinnias were named 1763 by Linnaeus in honor of Johann Zinn, a German professor of botany and medicine.
Pinks and lavender:
Zinnias and coleus. ↑ Cutting Zinnia, “Berry Basket”
These crayon colored flowers are long-stemmed cutting flowers with long-lasting blooms.
To extend the life of cut flower blooms by trimming off the bottom of the stem, every few days. Replace the water with fresh every 4 days.
Zinnias and basil. Cutting Zinnia, “Berry Basket” ↑
Zinnias with oregano and basil. Cutting Zinnia, “Bling Bling.” These lovely cut flowers are bigger and brighter every year. Disease resistance has much improved through the years.
Pink zinnias and Queen Ann’s lace.
If it’s been awhile since you’ve included zinnias in your garden, take another look. Zinnias are disease resistant rebloomers that will keep you in flowers until frost.
You might also like:
- How to grow Zinnias and save seed
- Collect marigold seed so you can have as many flowers as you wish next year. Growing the best Marigolds for summer color splash
- How to save left over seed. Keep any extra seed to use next spring.
I got all the zinnias in this post from Renee’s Garden.
Posted in Herbs in the garden, Look for this plant, Plants From Seed
Tagged coleus, Herbs, Renees Garden, Zinnia elegans, zinnias
Herb bouquets
Include herbs in the Flower and vegetable garden
Keep a herb bouquet in the kitchen
Trimming herbs will tidy the garden and provide fragrant culinary inspiration in the kitchen. Keep a herb bouquet in the kitchen to inspire using fresh herbs in cooking. A handy sprig of fresh oregano may be just what the tomato sauce needs.
Clip or trim herbs to encourage, healthy, bushy growth. For example, a basil plant will produce more leaves if kept trimmed. Learn more about the importance of Pinching terminal buds for better plant growth.
Cutting herbs (cilantro) and flowers like zinnias will encourage production. Plants continue to grow, trying to bloom and make seed. to seed will extend the growing season. Herbs and flowers by PBH
Herbs add greenery and fill a bouquet to colorful blooms. A handy supply of herbs in the garden will always brighten any bouquet. Replace filler like baby’s breath and leather leaf ferns with your own home-grown herbs.
A hummingbird and bees were drawn into admire this bouquet on the patio.
A herb bouquet on the kitchen counter will inspire you to use more fresh herbs. Often, cut herbs will last longer than a floral bouquet.
Later, the lavender will flavor lemonade. The garlic scapes and cilantro will be added to salsa.
Garlic scapes.
You can never have too much basil.
Chopped fresh basil and oregano boost the flavor, turning any dish into gourmet fare.
Plant enough to use fresh, to preserve as pesto and in herb vinegar. Keep a pot on the patio or right outside the kitchen door. Read more about basil: Seed starting, growing and storing Basil
Basil flavor is best when fresh. If you keep basil cuttings in a kitchen bouquet, don’t be surprised in the stems form roots.
Discard the rooted stems and use only the leaves in cooking. (Or, plant the rooted cuttings.)
Gather basil cuttings before the first frost to extend the fresh basil for a couple of more weeks.
Keeping basil pinched or cut back will produce more leaves. Keeping a glass or jar of those cuttings in the kitchen makes it much more likely that you will use the herbs at their best.
Becky’s Flowers
Delivered November 13, 2013
Profusion Zinnias
These little flowers are non stop bloomers. They can either be started from seed or plants. By mid summer, you can’t tell the difference. The seeded zinnias have caught up in size and vigor with the zinnias that were planted as starter plants.
Profusion series of zinnia are an AAS winner (All American Selections) that tells you they will grow almost anywhere and everywhere, are very disease resistant and pest free.They are all in warm season colors some semi double and the newest ones are double.
They are heat-loving plants, require little attention are good to grow in borders and in containers. The flowers are brightly colored, never fade and are a butterfly magnet. The plants get 18-24” tall and produce masses of 2″ semi-double flowers.
Zinnias are a favorite cutting flower because they just keep on coming even if you cut a bouquet. Also, it’s easy to save seed and then, grow even more next year – because to can collect about a gazillion more seed than what comes in a seed packet.
Becky I’m sending these flowers in three half-pint jelly jars tied with raffia bows. Keep the water fresh and refilled. (Zinnias are heavy drinkers.) Strip the foliage high enough to keep the leaves out of the water.
They aren’t fragrant. But if you set the jars of zinnias out on the patio table, butterflies will appear. Magic!
*Becky Funke is in a hospital that does not allow flowers in the rooms. So, not to be deterred, I’ll send them on Pinterest. You can stop by her CaringBridge site to leave well wishes and get updates. The girls, her 3 beautiful daughters, keep the site up to date.
Posted in Becky's Flowers, Oh Grow Up!
Tagged #Beckysflowers, Becky's Flowers, profusion, zinnias