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Mexican Zinnia

Zinnia haageana

Mexican Zinnia
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0

Mexican zinnia is a bushy annual daisy from Mexico, growing to about 40 cm, with orange, yellow or red flowers. It needs full sun and frost-free warmth to bloom well.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply when the top of the soil dries, keeping foliage dry where possible.
Soil
Well-drained garden soil or potting mix, average fertility.
Temperature
18–30 °C; cannot tolerate frost, sow under cover in cool climates.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Mexico
Climate
subtropical

About

Zinnia haageana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae from Mexico. It is an annual which does not tolerate freezing temperatures, so in temperate zones must be sown under cover, and planted out when all danger of frost is past. Growing to 40 cm (16 in), it prefers a sunny position. The cultivar 'Aztec Orange', with double orange flowers, has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Zinnia plants

Desert zinnia · Narrowleaf zinnia · Elegant zinnia · Peruvian zinnia · Zinnias

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zinnia haageana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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