Ballerina: Newly introduced by Johnny’s Selected Seeds in 2025, this delicate variety boasts giant blooms like Benary’s Giant but in softer shades of pink and peach. McCrary notes it quickly became a ...

If you were to plant the seeds now, you would still get a good month or two of flowers. In addition, once your flowers fade, you will have a huge supply of seeds for next year’s zinnia crop.

Learn exactly when to plant zinnia seeds indoors or out, plus care tips for maximizing blooms.

Plant some giant zinnias, which can reach up to 4 feet tall. Need a low growing flower with simple yet colorful petals? Plant dwarf zinnia seeds, which can grow as short as 10-inches tall.

Start your zinnia seeds now to have them ready for the garden in about six weeks. At left is Profusion double deep salmon along with Profusion double hot cherry (Courtesy of Tom MacCubbin) ...

The dwarf tomato seeds will be grown under two different light treatments to measure their impact on how many tomatoes can be harvested, as well as the plants’ nutritional value and taste.

Once the blooms begin to fade, cutting back the Zinnia flower heads will promote new growth. You can sow zinnia seeds directly in the garden any time a week after the final frost date.

Sow zinnia seeds deep into well-drained soil and keep watering the soil twice a day. Zinnia seeds grow into beautiful plants in summers and bloom in different colours.

Zinnia seeds can be saved at the end of each growing season with a few helpful tricks. First, wait for the petals to shrivel and the flower head to brown about four to six weeks after blooming.