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Queen lime zinnia, Yuck!
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Posted by kitkat_oregon 7 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 4, 09 at 10:48
| Well, I have blooms and they are ugly, ugly, ugly. Not dark red with a lime green center, they are a dirty dull pink with a few green quills in the middle. They are getting pulled up and put in the compost. Does anyone else have this issue? Kat |
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RE: Queen lime zinnia, Yuck!
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| No, but you've made me feel a lot better about not getting the seeds I ordered. Sorry you had to waste your time and money on them. Maybe others had better resuts? ThinMan |
RE: Queen lime zinnia, Yuck!
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| Mine are growing and about the only zinnias I have since the others got pnuemonia in our cold spring. It will be interesting to see if they color up better in some climates and what those might be. |
RE: Queen lime zinnia, Yuck!
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| I was afraid of that happening that's why I didn't buy the seeds. |
RE: Queen lime zinnia, Yuck!
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| There was an interesting thread on these on the annuals forum, complete with some pics. (See below) I may never know how they look. My zinnias (like the rest of my garden) are doing horribly. Forty days and forty nights of rain have done a number on most things, and if it wasn't the rain and the clouds and the cool weather, it was the bugs. I think at this point I'd be so happy to see them bloom, I don't care what they look like, lol! Sorry you were disappointed Kat! If and when I ever get blooms, I'll let you know how mine are. :)
Dee |
Here is a link that might be useful: Queen Mauve Lime?
RE: Queen lime zinnia, Yuck!
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| Hi all, Dee thanks for the link to the annuals forum, mine look exactly like the ones pictured there including the lime one, except mine is a dull lime too. It seems like everyone is having the same results. Oh well. I think I will let Johnneys know that their photo has a case of enthusiastic printers ink. Sorry that your season has been so non productive, ours has been good so far. Now I am just waiting for my suns to come on. I planted the Zohar variety, 40-50 days supposedly, I am looking at day 40 now and I dont have a bud yet. What is it with this business??? Hope your weather improves:) Very sensible, All bout flowers, I was too hopeful for a new zinnia. Best wishes to all. Kat |
RE: Queen lime zinnia, Yuck!
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| Thanks for letting us know. I was distracted at planting time and didn't get a single seed to germinate. But I wonder whether this year's weird weather has anything to do with it. I will probably try them again next year, just to reassure myself. |
RE: Queen lime zinnia, Yuck!
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| Yeah, my Queen Lime is not as bright as the photo in Johnny's catalog. The plants are growing fine but production as not been that great and the flower size so-so. We are market growers and Zinnias are our favorite annual for cut flowers. We always try new varieties and QL looked impressive in the catalog, but it's performance has not been . . . so far. The weather has not been the best, but has finally warmed up, so I'll wait to see if the "Queen" perks up and performs like most of my other Zinnias. |
RE: Queen lime zinnia, Yuck!
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| Yuck is right. Here are mine from spring. 
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RE: Queen lime zinnia, Yuck!
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| OH but I LOVE THis one! I might need your left over seed because with all the negative press I doubt whether it will stay available. THis one makes the most beautiful bouquets when mixed with pink and green and maroon! It just is a very different and more sophisticated color range then the crayon bright ones! I mix mine with pink snapdragon, pink strawflowers, nicotiana langsdorfii, small pink or black red dahlias, pink roses, and edge it with "Frosted Explosion" grass, or use "Ruby Silk Love Grass" in it. I had a very poor year for zinnias, but these are producing just as well as the other zinnias, which means slowly but worth waiting for. I'd just like to order a bit more sunshine for them next year! |
RE: Queen lime zinnia, Yuck!
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| I could never make a decision on these because they never really bloomed. My seedlings really took the very wet spring (and summer) badly, and didn't amount to much. I got one tiny, measly bloom, kind of dirty and washed-out, but I can't really make a decision based on that. I will try them again next year, though. :)
Dee |
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