El Dorado Zinnia

Zinnia elegans

Beautiful peachy, salmon, apricot colored flowers bring beauty and grace to your garden and bouquets.  The flowers range from open single, semi-double to full double flower shapes.  The variation in color and flower shapes adds versatility for your garden and bouquets.  El Dorado is a classic upright zinnia growing 3-5 feet tall and spreading as much as three feet.  Great for the cutting garden or beauty in the landscape.  Also a wonderful pollinator attractor.  The native bees like to sleep in the flowers overnight.  

Zinnia Growing Instructions:

Zinnias prefer warm soil temperatures for optimal seed germination and growth.  Sow outdoors after last frost and when night temperatures are above 50- in the northwest this is typically mid to late  May.  If sowing indoors, start  4 weeks before the last frost and transplant Space plants 12-18” apart.   Cutting increases growth so harvest often for more blooms!  Grow in full sun for optimal health.  

80 days to maturity

Packet contains 40 seeds