Any zinnia growers here? I have an on-again, off-again relationship with zinnias.

[Melissa G]

4. Not sure what variety we had, but full blossoms about 12-18 inches tall

Zinnias were the flower of my childhood in South Texas. I helped plant them every year in my grandmothers garden. We seed saved them in a chest and then planted them again the next year. There was a mimosa tree volunteer that sprouted up in that garden as well and they both remind me of my grandparents.

Zinnias main gift is they were so simple to grow in that climate. They grew perfectly year after year with no effort, no muss, no fuss. I think it was just a sublime combination of variety, time and place. Have never had any other zinnias from packages do quite as well in Central Texas. May try some again this year now that you reminded me!