Peruvian Zinnia

Peruvian Zinnia Care

Zinnia Peruviana

What is the plant

Zinnia peruviana is an annual plant up to 50 cm tall (rarely 100 cm tall). The stems are green, but later become yellow or purple. The leaves are ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, 2.5–7 cm long and 8–3.5 cm wide; 3- to 5-nerved. The peduncles are 1–7 cm long. Flower heads with 6–21 red, maroon or yellow ray florets (with a 0.8–2.5 cm long petal each) surrounding 12–50 yellow disc florets (with 0.1 cm long corolla lobes). Fruits (cypselae) oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 0.7–1 cm long, 3-angled or compressed, striate.

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Humidity

Normal

Lighting

Full Sun

Hardiness zone

3 - 10

Difficulty

Easy

Hibernation

Cold Period

How to Care for the Plant

Water
Once you approve the placement, take the plants out of the pots and place them in the original mix where they were growing. In the absence of rain, water frequently. Despite zinnias favoring hot environment and originally hailing from dry regions, they need moisture. In scorching heat and dry weather, water the zinnia plants twice daily. Do not sprinkle water on the foliage, instead water at the base of the plants.
Fertilizer
Every 10 days, fertilize the soil with half strength liquid fertilizer
Sunlight
This flower prefers total sunlight with a daylight temperature of minimum 60 degrees F.

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Soil
The Zinnias adapt well to most soil conditions but they prefer a humus-rich, fertile and properly drained soil of pH value 5.5 to 7.5. If the soil shows improvement with the compost, then the flowers grow rapidly.
Temperature
This flower prefers total sunlight with a daylight temperature of minimum 60 degrees F.
Popularity
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