‘Green Envy’ Heirloom Zinnia Seeds

Zinnia - Green Envy (Heirloom) - Zinnia elegans Annual - Green Envy belongs in every flower arranger's garden! Its unusual vivid chartreuse color sets off brighter summer flowers with style and pizzazz and harmonizes equally well with soft pastels. Dutch growers specially selected this semi-double Envy seed for best flower form and color. Easy to grow and quick to bloom, zinnias produce repeat flowers through summer, so you can enjoy eye-catching bouquets all summer long. 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 - Green Envy belongs in every flower arranger's garden!
• 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: 8-10"

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for ‘Green Envy’ Heirloom 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.

For large and abundant flowers, thin before seedlings get crowded; adequate spacing and regular, even watering helps keep zinnias productive and discourages mildew.

Place ‘Green Envy’ Heirloom 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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