Best Profusion Zinnias Bedding Plants

Ever since the Profusion series of bedding Zinnias hit American gardens, flower judges everywhere have been kept busy. New colors have come quickly, and now there are even 4 double-flowered varieties ready for you to try! Profusion is far and away the best Zinnia for bedding, because it’s full, bushy, and covered with bright blooms all summer long, extending into fall in many climates. This mix contains double cherry, golden, fire, and white — all the best colors, and they complement one another as well! You just can’t go wrong with the Profusions! All these seeds ask is warm soil to germinate effortlessly, and good drainge plus food and water to keep flowering nonstop. You will wish you had twice the number of splendid Profusions in your sunny garden and best containers! Pkt. is 25 seeds.

Profusion is the most adaptable bedding Zinnia in the world, and Lemon introduces a lighter, brighter version of the popular Yellow color. These eye-catching sunny blooms are butterfly magnets, brightening every surrounding color as they fill garden and container with radiant sundrops all summer long! The Profusion series has changed the face of landscaping Zinnias forever . . . thank goodness! These bushy plants, 12 inches high and 15 inches wide, are simply smothered nonstop all season with cheerful, 2-inch daisy-formed lemon-yellow blooms. Ideal for mass plantings or containers! What’s more, Profusion is highly tolerant of mildew and other foliage diseases, and laughs at heat, humidity, and drought. We are proud to give Profusion our highest recommendation for garden-worthiness. Zinnia is one of the easiest annuals to grow, and attract butterflies to the garden. It is the perfect cut flower — even these smaller bedding blooms are pretty in petite arrangements. And the more flowers you cut, the faster you get new ones on the plant! Profusion thrives in the sun and heat of summer, and asks only for well-drained soil. Butterflies and bees adore it, and it attracts the “good bugs” that keep pests off your vegetable plants. So be sure to decorate the veggie patch with this compact, colorful annual! Direct-sow the seeds in the warm spring soil, or start them indoors for spring transplant. Space the plants generously to prevent overcrowding. When cutting the blooms for the vase, trim off all the foliage; unlike the blooms, it does not age well! Prepare to fall in love with Profusion Lemon!

When we first grew Zinnia Profusion in our trial gardens here at Park several years ago, the “oohs” and “aahs” were deafening! And no wonder–Profusion Cherry (and its sunny sister, Orange!) won the AAS Gold Medal Flower Award–the first flowers to receive this prestigious award in a decade! And then both Cherry and White walked off with Europe’s Fleuroselect Gold as well! And now there are double-flowered Profusions, with twice the petal power of all others in the family! First came Double Cherry, and now there are Double White and Double Orange in addition to this lovely scarlet-orange! These bushy plants, 12 to 15 inches high and 15 to 18 inches wide, are simply smothered nonstop all season with cheerful, 2-inch daisy-formed blooms. The petals are rich golden-orange, and they arise in layers surrounding a bold, eye-catching central cone. This landscaping series is designed for large plantings — unlike the cut-flower or bedding varieties, Profusion is a dense, bushy, many-flowered little plant that covers ground AND fills the garden with color into the bargain! Profusion is highly tolerant of powdery mildew (unlike most other Zinnias) and other foliage diseases, and laughs at heat, humidity, and drought. We are proud to give Profusion our highest recommendation for garden-worthiness.Zinnias are one of the easiest annuals to grow, and attract butterflies to the garden. They are the perfect cut flower–the more you cut, the more you get! They thrive in the sun and heat of summer, and ask only for well-drained soil. Space the plants generously to prevent overcrowding. When cutting the blooms for the vase, trim off all the foliage; unlike the blooms, it does not age well! Direct-sow or start ahead indoors. Pkt is 25 seeds.

The amazing Zahara series just keeps getting better! The bedding Zinnia of our dreams, was introduced in 2009 and immediately became famous for its resistance to mildew and leaf spot, its nonstop blooms, and its larger flower size. This plant stands up to punishing conditions so beautifully that it was planted at the Beijing Olympics site (and boy, did it ever get noticed!) Meet Sunburst, the most brilliantly sunny, warmest-colored member of the family! These blooms are fully 2 inches wide, and there’s more of them — they pop up all over super-compact plants, drawing bees and butterflies into the garden and absolutely wowing those hot, dry beds and water-starved containers. They’re not really grown for cutflowers, but you’ll find yourself picking plenty for bouquets . . . and why not? New flowers will open to replace them double-quick! Renowned for its ability to withstand heat, humidity, drought, and just about anything else, the Zahara series is the first bedding Zinnia that can truly claim to be disease-resistant. Mildew is a traditional enemy of the Zinnia, but Zahara’s got it licked! (Or should we say “dried”?!) Luckily, it’s also very long-blooming, prepared to continue well into autumn as long as the hot weather holds. What a joy! This is the annual you’ll want along that baking-hot driveway or cement path, crowding against the house (the walls reflect heat), and beautifying the patio (which never gets watered often enough). Just 12 to 18 inches high and wide, it can be planted a bit more closely than other bedding Zinnias, again thanks to the mildew resistance. No need to worry about the foliage “touching”! Direct-sow the seeds. When the soil has already warmed and spring is well underway, this plant will flower within 5 to 6 weeks of sowing. But if you want to get an earlier start, or if that hot April turns into a chilly May, no fear — Zahara Sunburst will grow vigorously all the same, and simply wait for the warm weather before blooming!

In the years since the Profusion series was introduced, we have grown it every year in our trials (new colors keep coming along, giving us a great excuse!). Every year at Flower Day gardeners make a beeline for these plants and shower them with praise. We might go so far as to say it’s the most photographed row in the trials — it’s certainly the most admired. And no wonder — where else can you find a bushy, well-branched yet dwarf Zinnia that covers itself with blooms for months on end, even during the blistering heat and humidity of a southern summer? And now a double-flowered white has joined this historic series. Packed with petals, complementing all surrounding colors in the sunny annual bed, it may just turn out to be the most popular Profusion of all!These bushy plants, 12 to 15 inches high and 15 to 18 inches wide, are simply smothered nonstop all season with cheery 2-inch daisy-formed white blooms with several layers of petals. Profusion is a landscaping series, designed for large plantings — unlike the cut-flower or bedding zinnia, it is a dense, bushy, many-flowered little plant that covers ground AND fills the garden with color into the bargain! Profusion is highly tolerant of powdery mildew and other foliage diseases, and laughs at heat, humidity, and drought. We are proud to give Profusion our highest recommendation for garden-worthiness. And you should certainly plan a mixed design of Profusions, now that there are so many wonderful colors to choose from! Double Cherry is another petal-packed variety, but there are also the original classics, Cherry and Orange,) both of which won the AAS Gold Medal Flower Award–the first flowers to receive this prestigious award in a decade! And then both Cherry and White walked off with Europe’s Fleuroselect Gold as well! And then there’s soft Apricot, smoldering Deep Apricot, jazzy Coral Pink and sizzling-hot Fire. An embarrassment of riches, just waiting for your sunny annual beds, edging, and more! Zinnias are