Description

Botanical Interests' Zinnia Peppermint Stick (Zinnia elegans) is a delightful variety that will add a fun and vibrant touch to your garden. With its unique 2″–4″ flowers in shades of scarlet, crimson, orange, pink, and cream, each bloom features striking red stripes, streaks, or blotches, making no two flowers alike. These easy-to-grow, heat-loving plants thrive in full sun, providing long-lasting color from summer until the first frost. Perfect for flowerbeds, containers, and borders, they also make excellent cut flowers that last beautifully in a vase. Zinnias are edible and can be used as a garnish for salads, drinks, or desserts. Plus, they attract pollinators and are deer resistant, making them a standout in any garden.

Botanical Name: Zinnia elegans
Family: Asteraceae
Native: Mexico
Hardiness: Frost-sensitive annual
Plant Dimensions: 24″–36″ tall
Variety Information: 2″–4″ flowers in colors of scarlet, crimson, orange, pink, cream, with red stripes, streaks, or blotches
Exposure: Full sun
Bloom Period: Summer to frost
Attributes: Attracts Pollinators, Cut Flower, Deer Resistant, Good for Containers, Heat Tolerant

When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after your average last frost date.
When to Start Inside: 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date. Transplant outdoors after last frost. Zinnias do not benefit from being sown early; wait for warmer weather
Days to Emerge: 3–10 days
Seed Depth: ¼”
Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 8″
Thinning: When 2″ tall, thin to 1 every 8″

Harvesting: For longest vase life, harvest before small yellow flowers emerge between petals.

48 seeds.