Why I Love Zinnias

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Permalink Reply by F, Calla & Luca on August 16, 2018 at 4:35pm

The flowers and visitors are just beautiful, Anne.

Permalink Reply by Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle on August 16, 2018 at 4:45pm

Wonderful photos! I agree with F, just beautiful!

Permalink Reply by Anne & Mr. Haley on August 17, 2018 at 4:54am

Thanks, F and Karen.

Permalink Reply by J and Riley (and Luna) on August 17, 2018 at 6:06am

Lovely!

I'm planning a whole new garden for our new house (new build, starting from scratch) and was looking at zinnias. I have a rather full pinterest board of ideas lol.

Permalink Reply by Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle on August 17, 2018 at 8:43am

My advice would be to focus mostly on perennials and leave places in between for colorful annuals like zinnias. They are beautiful, but you have to plant them again every year.

Permalink Reply by J and Riley (and Luna) on August 17, 2018 at 9:38am

Yeah I do use mostly perennials :)

I've been mostly looking into which types of perennials I want since my current garden has a bunch of things that spread like wildfire (catmint, forget-me-nots, periwinkle, virginia creeper and a few others) and I don't want to be forever trying to keep similar plants under control :p A few spreading plants for sure but not QUITE so many. I got most of the plants from my mom and she has a HUGE garden so it doesn't matter if hers spread all over... my space is much more limited though.

Unfortunately a lot of the perennials that do well in our climate are not super colourful (or only have a short blooming period... or are pink/purple which I'm not too fond of) so I've been looking into long-blooming annuals like zinnias to fill in the gaps.

Permalink Reply by Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle on August 17, 2018 at 9:52am

Look at Cranesbill (Perennial Geranium, also called Geranium Sanguineum). They grow in low mounds, spreading moderately and up, rather than out; the flowers are colorful and they bloom for a long time in late spring, early summer, and then have a second bloom later in summer. And the colors are beautiful. I have a few plants called "Max Frey" which are small, and they do great with just partial sun, and are really spectacular in full sun.

https://gardengoodsdirect.com/product/geranium-max-frei/?attribute_...

Permalink Reply by J and Riley (and Luna) on August 17, 2018 at 12:52pm

Hmm I think my mom has some of those. She actually rescued a small bunch from my current garden since I'm moving and she says they are hard to find :p

I'll add it to the list, thanks!

Permalink Reply by Anne & Mr. Haley on August 20, 2018 at 3:27pm

Thank you.

Congratulations on the new house.

Permalink Reply by DonMarie and Picco on August 17, 2018 at 6:19am