A mix of yellow, red, lime, purple, orange, and magenta zinnias for a bright and festive flower display!
Enjoy these colorful flowers blooming right through frost in flowerpots, garden beds, or a meadow, and watch the parade of pollinators that join this flower fiesta.
Plant Information
Zinnias are one of the easiest annual plants to grow from seed (perfect for a child's first garden) and they come in a rainbow of colors, blooming all season long until the frost. Their vivid blooms are the best-kept secret for attracting monarchs and other butterflies to the garden. 
How to grow them: Good full sun is really all that's required, although some of the newer hybrids will even bloom in partial shade. As for water, they don't need much, since they're from hot desert-like habitats. Soil? Almost any soil will do, but they prefer fast-draining gritty soil, if you have that available. 
Zinnia seeds are perfect for starting indoors to have bloom early. But be sure you wait until every frost is gone, and the soil has warmed up a bit before setting them out. They're super-sensitive to frost--after all, these plants are from frost-free regions, and don't like cold soil. If you'd rather, you can just wait until spring arrives, and sow them outside. They're very undemanding.