Zinnia angustifolia: Difference between revisions

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Zinnia angustifolia

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Lifespan:	⌛	annual
Origin:	✈	US, Mexico
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Bloom:	❀	summer
USDA Zones:		9-11
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Flowers are bright orange (up to 9 ray florets and disc florets), with dark hairs between the florets. Lance-shaped leaves are needle-like to narrow. Leaves up to 3 in (8 cm) long.

More information about this species can be found on the genus page.

Cultivation

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Propagation

Pests and diseases

Cultivars

This species has many cultivars, belonging to three classes:

The Profusion series, yielding orange, cherry or white flowers.
The star series, yielding orange, white or gold flowers.
The Crystal White cultivar, with white flowers.

Some named cultivars include:

'Classic', 12 in (30 cm), white ray florets;
'Coral Beauty', 12 in (30 cm), semi-double orange-pink;
'Crystal White', 12 in (30 cm), white ray florets;
'Golden Eye', 14 in (35 cm), white ray florets darkening to a cream/yellow in the center;
'Star White', 12 in (30 cm), white ray florets around an orange disc.

Gallery

Profusion Orage, a cultivar of the Profusion series
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References

Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381

External links

w:Zinnia angustifolia. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
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-| high =     <!--- 3ft (1m) -->
+| high = 8-16in (20-40cm) -->
-| wide =     <!--- 20in (65cm) -->
+| wide = 12-20in (30-50cm) -->
-| origin =     <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
+| origin = [[United States|US]], [[Mexico]]
 | poisonous =     <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
-| lifespan =     <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
+| lifespan = annual
 | exposure =     <!--- sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
 | water =     <!--- frequent, regular, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
-| features =     <!--- flowers, fragrance, naturalizes, invasive -->
+| features = flowers
 | hardiness =     <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 40[[Fahrenheit|°F]] (5[[Celsius|°C]]), etc -->
-| bloom =     <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for it's flowers -->
+| bloom = summer
-| usda_zones =     <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
+| usda_zones = 9-11
 | sunset_zones =     <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
 | color = IndianRed
-| image = Upload.png   <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
+| image = Zinnia angustifolia Profusion Cherry.JPG
-| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
+| image_width = 240px
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+| image_caption = ''Zinnia angustifolia'' Profusion Cherry
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+Flowers are bright orange (up to 9 ray florets and disc florets), with dark hairs between the florets. Lance-shaped leaves are needle-like to narrow. Leaves up to 3 in (8 cm) long.
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+==[[Cultivar]]s==
-<!--  This section should be renamed Cultivars if it appears on a page for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc    -->
+This species has many cultivars, belonging to three classes:
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-<!--  *''[[Freesia alba]]''  -->
+*The Profusion series, yielding orange, cherry or white flowers.
-<!--  *''[[Freesia laxa]]'' (syn. ''Anomatheca laxa'', ''Lapeirousia laxa'')  -->
+*The star series, yielding orange, white or gold flowers.
+*The Crystal White cultivar, with white flowers.
+Some named cultivars include:
+*'Classic', 12 in (30 cm), white ray florets;
+*'Coral Beauty', 12 in (30 cm), semi-double orange-pink;
+*'Crystal White', 12 in (30 cm), white ray florets;
+*'Golden Eye', 14 in (35 cm), white ray florets darkening to a cream/yellow in the center;
+*'Star White', 12 in (30 cm), white ray florets around an orange disc.
 ==Gallery==
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-Image:Upload.png| photo 1
+Image:Zinnia angustifolia Profusion Orange.JPG| Profusion Orage, a cultivar of the Profusion series
 Image:Upload.png| photo 2
 Image:Upload.png| photo 3