“Enrich Your Garden’s Beauty with Multi-Colored Roses”

1 Dark red white rose

2 Purple white rose

3 Fuksia white roses

4 Blue Dragon Rose Bush

5 Red yellow roses

6 Black Dragon Rose

7 George Burns Rose

8 Just Joey Rose Bush Flower

Flowers bring good luck to your home

Zinnias have stiff, hairy stems and oval or lance-shaped leaves arranged opposite each other and often clasping the stem. The numerous garden varieties grown for their showy flowers are derived from the species Zinnia violacea (Z. elegans). The solitary flower heads are borne at the ends of branches, growing at the junction of a bract (leaflike structure) and the receptacle. The flowers occur in a wide range of colours except blue. Different types of garden zinnias range from dwarf compact plants less than 0.3 metre (1 foot) tall with flowers 2.5 cm (1 inch) in diameter to giant forms up to 1 metre tall, with flowers up to 15 cm (6 inches) across. A less well-known species of zinnia is Z. angustifolia, which grows 0.5 metre tall and has small yellow or orange blossoms.

Some zinnias may appear ungainly and coarse in habit, but they have redeeming qualities: they flower freely and long and bear up under full sun, drought, and neglect as do few other garden plants.

Zinnias are annuals, so they’ll grow for one season to produce flowers and seeds, but the original plant will not come back in subsequent years. They have bright, solitary, daisy-like flowerheads on a single, erect stem, which makes them great for use as a cutting flower or as food for butterflies.

Types of ZinniasThe most popular zinnia species is Zinnia elegans, which has been bred to produce a great number of unique varieties.

There are three main kinds of zinnia flowers: single, semidouble, or double. The distinction between these forms comes from the number of rows of petals and whether or not the center of the flower is visible:

Single-flowered zinnias have a single row of petals and a visible center.