Polar Bear Heirloom Butterfly Zinnia Seeds

Zinnia - Polar Bear (Heirloom) - Zinnia elegans Annual - These lovely old-fashioned "dahlia-flowering" zinnias have delighted gardeners for generations. Polar Bear's pure white, fully double, 4" flowers have golden centers that unfold into little yellow stars as the flowers mature. They are borne on long-stemmed, 3.5 - 4', multi-branching plants that are excellent for cutting armfuls of blooms all summer long. Polar Bear's white-petaled flowers are a colorful color accent in the garden and provide an abundance of beautiful and long-lasting bouquets Soil & Water: Zinnias grow readily in ordinary garden soil in full sun.

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Zinnia elegans
• Plant type: Annual
• Growth habit: Upright
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Flower character: Annual - These lovely old-fashioned "dahlia-flowering" zinnias have delighted gardeners for generations.
• Recorded feature: Good Cut Flower
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: above 50°F
• Planting Depth: 1/2"
• Germination: 7-10 Days
• Height At Maturity: 3 to 3-1/2 feet
• Sun/Shade: Full Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 8"

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Polar Bear Heirloom Butterfly Zinnia and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.

Place Polar Bear Heirloom Butterfly Zinnia where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.

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