Transition Farm developed Zinnia 'Violet Blush'

Zinnia elegans - Transition Farm Selection

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Delicate blooms display a soft gradient from cyclamen through cool blush to creamy ivory, featuring pale lime-cream petals surrounding a striking boudoir red centre. Luxuriously large, fully double, dahlia-like flowers form densely layered petals, making them exceptional for cutting and arranging. This is the sister to 'Blushing Nymph', cooler and vibrant, the lilac tones deepen as the flower ages in a vase.

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: Violet Blush outer petals gradually lighten to creamy lime encircling a magenta -burgundy centre

Bloom Size: 85-105mm fully double, dahlia like blooms

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

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.