Zinnia elegans ‘Gigantica Bright Pink’ seeds

Description

This is a very large flowered bright pink zinnia which will flower for you until the first frost . It makes a wonderful cut flower, lasting for a long time in the vase , and will make your flower arrangements zing . It is equally good in the garden.  Plant them in groups to get the best effect.

Sowing advice

Sow outdoors in spring and summer when the soil is warming up. Sow indoors Sep-Oct. Zinnia like a sunny, sheltered position and don’t like to be moved. We sow them in pots or trays  into moist seed raising mix at temp. 15-25°C., cover seed with 3mm of mix, and then move them to cell pots when they have 2  leaves. Some growers advocate sowing them direct to their final growing position, but we find the slugs and snails massacre them just as they germinate when sown by this method.
Germination takes 7-14 days. Plant out the cell pots after about 3 weeks.