Zinnia elegans 'Sunbow Mix'

#zinnia #zinnia-sunbow-mixed #grown-from-seed

That's a gorgeous one 💖

Wow Kerry! That's so beautiful 💗❤💗

@cyndi not sure why that happens. The darker petals grow from that centre part but about half inch above the other petals 😜

@anges thanks Ange 😀

@gjones thanks Katy 😃

@jeatacake thanks Jeff 😄

@cyndi thanks Cyndi 😁

💋

Nice! Are yours still going strong or are they slowing down like mine

@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom still the odd one opening up 😁

@alan1111 they are, and the flowers are much smaller too. Still plenty of buds but not enough warmth to push them into flowering 😐

@gjones thanks Katy ☺️ a few are still looking ok but the rain is ruining most 😔

Same here and all the rain isn't helping

@gjones it’s driving me insane. Rotting most flowers that are trying to hold on 😜

@alan1111 it’s just relentless isn’t it 😐

Bad here this morning and tomorrow rain all day forecasted

@alan1111 same here. Hopefully Tuesday will stay mostly dry as forecast 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Long enough to cut the grass 😉 fingers crossed

@alan1111 that’s a long time for it to stay dry lately 🤣

Your red ones are just awesome ❤❤

Love it

#perfection 😍

I was going to say 'perfection' too Susan 😍 @novicegardenlover

@jeatacake thanks Jeff 😁 surprised they’re still opening but not had many red so it’s nice to see. Hopefully can collect seeds 🤞🏻

@alan1111 thank you Alan 😀

@novicegardenlover thanks Susan 😃

@anges thank you Ange 😛

@gjones I’ll try collect some seed for you 😋

@gjones ❤️

I collected a lot of very soggy seeds yesterday. Got them spread out on old newspapers drying out for a few days

@jeatacake I bet they were drowned, poor things. I often think about little plant umbrellas to protect each flower... 🤣😂🤣

❤❤

Fantastic colour & camera coping well with the intensity 👍❤

@bandicoot amazing flowers aren’t they 😍

@jeatacake it seems to cope ok when it’s in shade. The left half looks better than the sunny half 😜

@gjones it’s always the way isn’t it 😜 I’ll attempt to save you some seed 😁

@gjones always welcome ❤️

Yes, I see what you mean & I thought "red shift" was a term only relevant to far flung galaxies! 😄

Looks perfect 😊

@jeatacake sounds like a weird Schwarzenegger film from the 80’s 😂

@bluefox23 thanks Alison 😛

Ah yes, that too! Although I preferred Red Dwarf! 😄

@jeatacake never seen it before 🙈

Another beauty 💕🧡💕🧡💕

@anges thanks ange 😀 quite glad I staggered the sowing now. Some are just kicking in as the rest die back 😁

Great, good planning 😀

The zinnias have done well for you this year, lovely

@alan1111 I have to agree! They’ve been great 😍 just wish a few other annuals would take a leaf out of their book 😂

😂

@gjones I think I grew too many varieties 🙈 but they’ve brought so much colour to the garden 🌈

@gjones the flowers seem to last for ages too which is great. Less gaps or empty pots 😁 oh wow, I had no idea they would hybridise by themselves 😯 makes for some interesting surprises 😛

@gjones 🙈 I forgot about bees having a helping hand 🤣

Sunbow Mix

This is so pretty! 💓

That's lovely Kerry 💕

@ublaszko thanks Urszula 😀

That's one good looking zinnia

Beautiful 💕

@lilybee thanks sue 😃

Pink perfection

@alan1111 thanks Alan 😃

@anges thank you Ange 😄

@columbiariver they’ve all had a bit of a growth spurt since last week 😛 thanks Laura 😀

@plants thanks Judy 😀