Elegant zinnia "Orange King"

Elegant zinnia "Orange King".
Lush and elegant blooms!
Brilliant large orange blooms.  Direct sow in early spring after the danger of frost has passed. Sequential plantings every 2-4weeks apart will provide continuous colour and bouquets. Harvest bouquets in the early morning or late afternoon hours. Collect flowers that are completely open, removing leaves below the water line. Zinnias have a vase life of 5-7 days. Overhead watering is not recommended. Harvest flowers regularly to encourage more blooms. Adores full sunshine and prefers well-drained soil. Sow seeds 1/8 inch deep in a sunny location.
Agricultural technology.
The plant prefers a sunny place, fertile, loose soil. Likes abundant watering.
Propagated by sowing seeds at the end of April in seedlings.
Soil: a mixture of hardwood, soddy land, humus, peat and sand (2:1:1:1:1).
Planting depth - 0.5 cm. At a soil temperature of +22 + 25 ° C, seedlings appear on the 7-10th day. Seedlings dive into pots.
Seedlings are planted in open ground at the end of spring frosts, maintaining a distance between plants of 30-35 cm.
Decorative period: from mid-summer to late autumn.
Watering: regular from late spring to late autumn.
Top dressing: once in spring and summer with liquid fertilizer.


Elegant zinnia. Bot. syn.: Crassina elegans, Zinnia violacea.