Hybridizers: It can be fun to breed your own zinnias - Part 6, 4 by brendak654

brendak654 wrote:
ZM,

Your pastel beauties are beautiful. I see the tubular in #3 & # 4. I see the variety of color in your # 1. Love the shade of purple.

The Thumbelina that I have are tall (at least 4 feet). See photo #1 & #2 below.

Check out my #3 photo below. This is the back side of a zinnia that I had planned to save. I had no idea the back of the zinnia bloom would look like this. A tad different than any others I have ever seen. This was a medium sized purple zinnia that almost had a tinge of blue in the very center (using my imagination of course), when it first started to bloom.

I'm happy to say that my beds are still lush and green - photo #4 & #5 were taken this morn. Some of the zinnia are so tall that I have to bend them over to check their beauty.

Weather is overcast today - makes for a wonderful fall-like day.