Zinnia 'Benarys Giant Lime'

Zinnia elegans

• Glowing lime colour - a cross between a golden delicious and granny smith apple
• 100-150mm double, dahlia like blooms on tall stems
• Easy to grow - thrives in heat
• Productive, cut and come again plants with some disease resistance

The colour of a glowing Golden Delicious apple crossed with a Granny Smith, beautiful broad blooms and an extremely high percentage of double flowers on sturdy stems. At 1-1.2m tall ‘Benary’s Giant Lime’ makes a statement at the back of a border and in the cutting garden. Good disease resistance.

Combines well with an assortment of other blooms as well as a large colour palette. The sculptural quality of Giant Lime with its twilled new petals rising in tiers adds interest to design work and its chartreuse green mixes well with whites, pastels and fiery colours. Especially gorgeous colour with bold foliage.

Certified Demeter Biodynamic and Certified Organic

SEED COUNT: 50 approx

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.