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Not really excited about this plant. Grew it for the first time this year. Small red flowers on long stems. It doesn't seem to be all that profuse in bloom for me. I think I prefer the bigger flowered zinnias and I think the butterflies do too.
On Jan 5, 2003, Terry from Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a) wrote:
A different species than the regular garden-variety zinnias. Introduced a few years ago, it's a nice compact plant with beautiful scarlet blooms that are deeply scalloped.
Update September 24, 2008
Well, after a few years of letting this plant re-seed itself in my garden, I can't say it's "compact"..it gets up to 36" tall or so, and needs staking. But on the plus side, it kind of grows on you, and the red-orange (they turn scarlet as they age) blooms are a nice pop of color; the reddish stems are pretty in their own right.
Place in between shrubby or bushy plants that can help support it, and it can act as a filler, similar to the thread-leaved coreopsis.
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This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Saint Paul, Minnesota North Augusta, South Carolina Murfreesboro, Tennessee Houston, Texas
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