Zinnia from the Candy Mix #23
by J McCombie
Title
Zinnia from the Candy Mix #23
Artist
J McCombie
Medium
Painting - Photographic
Description
This piece has been featured in the FAA Group, "Enhanced Floral Arts ...".
This beautiful Zinnia has both soft colours like pink and yellow and the pale green on the underside of the outside petals and bold colours like the orange which outlines the centre petals and fuchsia in its very centre. It all makes for a very captivating flower.
Such a fun mix of bright colors and interesting pompon form (Scabiosa Flowered), 'Candy Mix' is a playful variety that belongs in every cutting garden as well as the annual bed. These sturdy, long-lasting blooms lure butterflies in by the dozen, but their best merit may be their great hold in the vase.
Reaching 2 to 3 inches wide, these double blooms boast beautifully created blooms which resemble scabiosas. They sport a pincushion or pompon of tightly-clustered short petals above a skirt of longer, daisy-like petals. Very distinctive! Expect them to open in bright shades of scarlet, red, cerise, pink, orange, yellow, cream, plus gleaming white. Everything you need for a bright bouquet -- and they just keep coming all summer long!
One of the very easiest annuals to grow from seed, Zinnia can be direct-sown into the warm spring soil of the annual bed. It grows in a flash and blooms heavily. A "cut-and-come-again" annual, it sets new buds as soon as the old flowers are cut or deadheaded, so it repeats reliably all summer. The plant reaches about 2 1/2 feet tall and is very well-branched, giving you more flowering stems than older varieties. A beautiful bargain for nonstop summer color, 'Candy Mix' needs a special home in your garden!
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January 2nd, 2015
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Anne Ditmars
Gorgeous macro of this beautiful zinnia! Following your images!
J McCombie replied:
I like these little Zinnias. So glad you've been able to enjoy this one also. Thank you very much, Anne. ...J.