TIPS FOR GROWING GIANT ZINNIAS | BRING DRAMA TO THE GARDEN

Zinnias attract pollinators, butterflies, and hummingbirds, and make great cut flowers. Stake them, fertilize them, and deadhead spent blooms for a brilliant show that will last all summer. If you're looking for a way to bring drama to the garden, check out these tips for growing giant zinnias.

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[adamforest]

My first time growing last year they hit about 7ft with constant blooms...they looked like elmo heads crazy and I entered them in a nearby fall fair and I got the blue ribbon it was so fulfilling!!!

[hapowoverhere]

I have a great tip for growing zinnias naturally in your garden with out starting seedlings. Toward the end of summer I take the dead flowers( must be completely brown) and cut them off. Fill a gallon ziplock and and store in dry place over winter. In the fall or early spring, pull of dead flower petals and find the tip which looks like a spear head. Generously spread these spearheads all over your garden. Loosen soil with rack so they in ground( they don’t have to go deep. Maybe 1/2-1/4 inch. Water or let natural rain this you see sprouts. With this method they will grow like weeks everywhere. The zinnias grown in ground are so much more healthy than starting from seedling indoor. I’m no pro but this is what I do and it works great. This only my 3rd year with zinnias

[juliewaughop]

I'm in Illinois. I harvested some seeds last year from an old man's garden. I took all kinds of colors. My favorite was the red and white candy cane striped.

[sidilicious]

I LOVE zinnias! I put them in my container flower pots. So colorful and long blooming season.

[karaannsinclair]

What a helpful video, thank you. I'm nervously (I don't have a green thumb--that's why I have cacti!!) starting my first garden of Zinnias so I have been looking at videos on how to start. I ordered some seeds--Purple and Gold but I'm in MO and have to wait a while to make sure there's no more frost coming. This garden will be in memory of my fiance and soulmate Perry who took his life last month. He was a huge LSU fan so that's why I ordered purple and gold. I want to eventually have a wonderful supply of flowers to take to his gravesite often. Wish me luck! This is so important to me to have this garden thrive!

[richardblackburn]

Great video, Scott! Our Blueberry garden has been taken over by volunteer Zinnias. The blueberry bushes don’t seem to mind. And the butterflies are all over them!

[ga]

I am able to grow prolific, beautiful zinneas in sandy soil with a Miracle Grow boost at planting. They grow like gangbusters, even without pruning. My plants orginated from seeds I first saved from my mother's garden many years ago. Each fall I'm able to harvest more seeds than I could ever use!

[BrittanyCocchino]

My Zinnias from seed are going gangbusters and I am super excited !

[allenraysmith]

Great video! Thanks for the information. I'm growing giant Zinias in pots.

[daynadeck]

This is my project this summer —Zinnas!!

[Nrwich]

I grew zinnias for the first time this summer in the awful Phoenix heat. They are doing wonderful!! So glad I found zinnias for my low desert flower gardens. Daily watering is the key.

[flowerdoyle]

They're wonderful cut flowers as well....they stay just cut fresh for a week!

[Fabdanc]

I plant mine in window boxes, so even the giant varieties may only grow to 16-20" tall... but I usually buy the mid sized ones because the dwarf varieties are just alright... but the wind can be a killer - especially a heavy rain+wind combo. (We get that a lot in Houston.) I have found that if you under plant with portulaca, the portulaca will form a mat of roots in the top half inch to inch of the planter and help hold the zinnias in place.

When the heat of the summer really kicks in, I already know I am going to start losing them to root rot. That's usually when I pull and start over. With the portulaca under planting though, I can just remove dead plants and the portulaca will beef up and bloom away. So it is a nice way to get a lot of colorful impact. And the portulaca is really good at reseeding itself.

[michelesimpson]

Love zinnias. I’m in Austin. I planted lots of cosmos too

[matteosollecito]

Thanks for the tip on fungicide. It’s such a bummer when I lose beautyful zinnia plants to powdery mildew so I’ll use the fungicide as long as it doesn’t hurt animals and birds. I try to water at the base which helps to fend off mildew. I’m sure the drip system is even better.

[Anthony]

I love Zinnia's. I live in Albuquerque New Mexico and I typically grow them every Year. Our Growing Season is much shorter than yours so I can't plant them outside until late April into early May. This Year I have Carousel Zinnia's and Cactus Mix.

[judyhernandez]

Nwsub here. So happy to find a fellow Texans channel! Beautiful Zinnias!

[rainbowsandkittens]

Bring drama to the garden?! I love it!!

[antoniochevalier]

Scott thank you very much for the info. I live in California and have a whole area out front of the house that is California Giant Zinnias sown straight in the ground. I highly recommend that you experiment with a section of Zinnias where you don't Foliage Spray and compare the difference after a couple of weeks. I think that you will find less Mildew in the non sprayed plants. I only feed the roots on my Zinnias. This is the only thing in my garden that I don't feed the Foliage . Thanks Again

[rwalden]

Fabulous tips! Growing Benary’s Giant from seed for the first time. Fort Worth area.