Zinnia – Cabaret – Zinnia elegans Annual – This is a wildly extravagant blend of big ruffled zinnias in colorful “dance all night” hot colors. Cabaret turns up the volume in sizzling shades of bright rose, rich purple, brilliant lilac, magenta, deep orange and warm yellow. These fully double, multibranching beauties bloom hard all season. Celebrate summer by cutting armloads of these long-stemmed flowers that practically arrange themselves in bouquets of dancing colors. Soil & Water: Zinnias grow readily in ordinary garden soil in full sun.
Variety Details
Botanical name:Zinnia elegans
Plant type: Annual
Growth habit: Upright
Crop category: Flower seed
Flower character: Annual – This is a wildly extravagant blend of big ruffled zinnias in colorful “dance all night” hot colors.
Recorded feature: Open-Pollinated
Product format: Seed packet
Sowing & Growing
Soil Temperature: above 50°F
Planting Depth: 1/2″
Germination: 7-10 Days
Height At Maturity: 3 feet
Sun/Shade: Full Sun
Spacing After Thinning: 8-12″
Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Cabaret Double Cutting Zinnia Flower and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.
For large and abundant flowers, thin before seedlings get crowded; adequate spacing and regular, even watering helps keep zinnias productive and discourages mildew.
Place Cabaret Double Cutting Zinnia Flower where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.
