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Peruvian Zinnia Seeds

Zinnia peruviana

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Peruvian Zinnia (Zinnia peruviana) has elegant red blossoms that progress through a subtle range of hues as they mature, blooming all summer long. Plant Peruvian Zinnia seeds to enliven a border, brighten a meadow, attract pollinators, and add charm to bouquets. This Southwestern native wildflower is easy to grow and deer resistant. At High Country Gardens, all seeds are non-GMO, neonicotinoid-free and guaranteed to grow. Annual.

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Description

(24-36" tall) Versatile Peruvian Zinnias are at home in cottage gardens, as a mass planting, and among meadow flowers. An easy-care annual wildflower that will bloom all summer, it produces an abundance of red, nectar-rich flowers that attract butterflies and bees. The 1-1/2" diameter blooms perch on tall stems, making them delightful as cut flowers, too. Peruvian Zinnia is native to the Southwest US; it prefers full sun and, once established, tolerates dry soils, though it adapts to most soil types. Direct sow seeds in the garden after all danger of frost is past, or get a head start by sowing seeds indoors about a month before your last spring frost date. If you allow some flowers to mature and form seedpods, the seeds may self-sow and, in mild climates, create a naturalized planting that will return every year.

Planting & Care

Step-by-Step Wildflower Seed Planting Instructions

  1. Check for your last frost date and plant after this has passed. Choose a
    spot on your property that gets 6 or more hours of direct sun a day unless you are planting seeds for shade.
  2. Prepare your soil by clearing the area of all existing growth. Simply dig up everything that is growing, turn the soil and rake the area flat. If this is an area that has never before been gardened, you may need to till the area up to remove growth.
  3. Mix the seeds with sand* for better visibility and scatter the seeds directly on top of the soil. If you are sowing a larger area, we recommend using a seed spreader; if not, you can sow by hand.
  4. We recommend lightly compressing the seeds into the soil, making sure not to bury them. You can either walk on them, use a board or if you are sowing a larger area, rent a seed roller.
  5. Water so that the soil is moist, not soaking wet, until the seedlings are about 4-6" tall. After that, the seedlings will survive on natural rains. If you are experiencing very dry weather, we recommend watering occasionally.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun

Bloom Time

Early summer to frost

Life Cycle

Annual

Advantages

  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Native
  • Mass Plantings
  • Long Bloom Time
  • Easy To Grow
  • Low Maintenance
  • Cut Flowers
  • Container Planting
  • Deer Resistant

Additional information

Seed Coverage

1/4 lb covers 545 sq ft
1 lb covers 2,175 sq ft
20 lb covers an acre

Seeds Per Pound

107,000

Mature Height

24-36" tall

Soil Type

  • Average Soil
  • Clay Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil
  • Compost Enriched Garden Loam Soil
  • Sandy Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Waterwise

Life Cycle

Annual

Growing Zones

  • Zone 2
  • Zone 3
  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9
  • Zone 10

Ideal Region

  • Midwest
  • Northeast
  • Pacific Northwest
  • Southeast
  • Southwest
  • West

Non-GMO

Yes

Can Send To PO Box

Yes
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Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 3 reviews.

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My favorite late summer annual

"Zinnia peruviana is native in the southern Arizona countryside where I live. Seems to prefer well drained gravelly soils. It pops up and flowers in August and September reliably if there has been adequate monsoon rain. A few years back we seeded a few flower beds with seeds from HCG and have been spreading it all around for 3 years and it has just gone native all around us and showing up in surprising places. One of the three bedrock annual summer flowers for us now along with Arizona poppies and low rattle box. Grows anywhere from a foot high to three feet high."

— TR (5/5)

Beautiful and hardy

"These are on the taller side and give the garden a nice pop of color in the late summer. These seeds are great and grew every place that I put them. I will definitely purchase more."

— KS (5/5)

Beautiful red carpet

"The zinnias were healthy and productive with long-lasting blooms, forming a wonderful red carpet next to our home in the mountains of North Idaho. The seeds were spread in early July (a bit late owing to travel), and blooms appeared from late August until after the first couple snowfalls in early October."

— Phoenix (5/5)

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