Zinnia 'Blushing Nymph'

Zinnia elegans - Transition Farm Selection

Delicate blooms with a soft gradient from blush to creamy ivory, featuring pale lime-cream petals surrounding a striking boudoir red centre. These luxuriously large 90–110 mm double, dahlia-like flowers have densely layered petals, making them perfect for cutting and arranging. Six years of careful cross-pollination and selection have produced this unique, Transition Farm-developed introduction.

• Colour and Form: Blush outer petals gradually lighten to creamy lime with a magenta - burgundy centre
• Bloom Size: 90-110mm Double, dahlia like flowers
• Productivity: Highly productive “cut and come again” plants for continuous bouquets.
• Ease of Growth: Thrives in heat, easy to grow in garden beds or containers
• Vase Life: 7-10 days
• Transition Farm developed introduction
  
  

Certified Demeter Biodynamic and Certified Organic

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Seed Raising, Growing and Harvest Information

TRANSPLANT (recommended) – Temperatures below 15 °C delay flowering so plan to transplant when nighttime temperatures reliably not below 15 °C. Sow into flats or preferred seedling container 6 weeks before your transplant date.. Cover seeds lightly with vermiculite. Seeds germinate best at 20-22 °C. Higher temperatures reduce germination. Grow on at 15-18 °C for 3-4 weeks. Harden-off and transplant. Do not allow plants to become root bound and avoid disturbing roots; transplant shock or other stress events may cause double-flowering varieties to produce single blooms for a period following stress.

DIRECT SEED - After last frost, sow 0.6mm deep. For cut flower production, thin seedlings or plant plugs at 20-25 cm in rows 30 cm apart.

NOTES - Succession-sow/plant every four weeks for prolonged yields of high-quality stems. Pinching of initial bud or bloom and subsequent deadheading is recommended to encourage strong branching and bloom production.