The garden is pure magic ✨ Every zinnia bloom holds the possibility of 100 more zinnia blooms 🌸🌸🌸 This season when your zinnia blooms start to fade, cut at the base of the stem and hang to dry. Once the seeds completely form you can store them through the winter or even scatter them in the garden where they’ll wait till next year to do it all over again. Google ‘Gardenary complete guide to zinnias’ to see my huge article all about growing this fabulous flower. #zinnia #flowergarden #zinnias #

Zinnia Seed Saving 1) first thing to know: your zinnias, if they are hybrid varieties will grow as a surprise in the following year. If your zinnia varieties are open-pollinated, next years plants will look like this years— If you only grew that one variety in your garden. If you grew multiple varieties this year, you’ll have your own cross varieties next year! 🌸 Now that that’s out of the way, here’s your step by step guide:1. Never save seeds from plants impacted by powdery mildew. Your favor

I've been growing Zinnias in the veggie garden for a few years now and this is the first time there were yellow flowers in the mix. My new favorite flower. This is how I save Zinnia seeds. Nr 1. - the easy way, cut blooms at the end of the season, (before the birds eat them all) hang upside down till completely dry and crisp, store in a brown bag or cardboard box. In spring, rub flower heads to separate the arrow heads, sow. Nr 2: select a few blooms, check to see that the arrow heads are green