Transition Farm developed Zinnia 'Mead'

Zinnia elegans - Transition Farm Developed Selection

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Delicate blooms display soft gradients from aged parchment through buff and warm cream to antique peach, with subtle beige and pink undertones.  Fully double, dahlia like flowers form domed heads of tightly layered petals encircling a warm grenadine-hued centre. As blooms mature, a fine cranberry picotee may develop adding further depth and character.

Six years of careful cross-pollination and selection have produced this unique, Transition Farm-developed introduction, bred for beauty, productivity and exceptional performance as a cut flower.

Colour and Form: Antique parchment, buff, warm cream and aged peach, with faint green undertones; develops a subtle cranberry picotee with age.

Bloom Size: 75-90mm fully double, dahlia like blooms

Productivity: Highly productive, true “cut and come again” plants for continuous harvest.

Ease of Growth: Heat tolerant, 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.