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

Hard pruning or “deadheading” zinnias for higher yields✨ It’s no surprise by now I love hard pruning my plants to increase my yields. Zinnias are one flower we continue to prune throughout the season to encourage more growth. Once you have the first 2 sets of leaves you will take your pruners and cut the top off. When you do this it signals to the plant to put energy into creating side shoots which will produce blooms. Continue doing this throughout the season for higher yields per plant. #wwfar

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 #