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| Sorry, but I didnt see any place else for Zinnias on this forum, and the 'grow from seed' forum area doesnt seem to get many visitors, so this is the closest thing I could find...
Anyway, I grew Zinnias from seed for the first time this year, and I bought them from Burpee. The package said "Huge, double 5" blooms, 30 inch plants, multiple colors". Well....... The pictures show Zinnias that have extremely thick flowers with LOTS of petals. The first 2 plants have opened about 5 days ago, and they are different colors, white and dark red/burgundy, but they are only 1.5 inches to 2 inches in diameter, and they only have 1 row of about 16 petals, with space between the petals. It wouldnt be so bad if they were like 6-8" tall plants, but they are growing as high as 36", and a 30-36" plant with 1.5"-2" flowers that are very thin looks almost silly! Plus, the colors aren't correct according to the pictures, as the pics show flowers of almost pastel colors. I was really happy with the way they had grown too, as they came up in 3-4 days, and were super easy to grow, but now I'm disappointed....... Anyone else have problems with Burpee or any other seeds not producing the types or varieties that they were labeled to be? |
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- Posted by tropic_lover 6 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 1, 11 at 21:09
| Hi, I had a similiar experience this year, but I bought my seeds off EBAY and they were supposed to be California Giant which should be about 4 feet tall with 5-6 inch blooms. Instead they are about 18 inches tall with small flowers. Very disapointing as I put them in the back of the garden since I thought they would be bigger. I just figured the seller sent me the wrong seeds but who knows? I bought some other zinnia seeds from Park Seed and most of them turned out as expected (Candy mix, Zahara, and whirlygigs) but Queen Red Lime looks nothing like the picture in the catalog and I would go so far as to say they are the ugliest flower I have ever seen! Linda |
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- Posted by tropic_lover 6 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 1, 11 at 21:14
| BTW there is a lot of discussion on Zinnias on the annuals forum. |
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- Posted by Paul(phofer@burpee.com) onMon, Aug 8, 11 at 8:33
| Hello HighlanderNorth, My name is Paul Hofer and I work for Burpee. Can you send me an email at PHofer@burpee.com. Burpee guarantees our product 100%. We would be happy to provide a refund for you for your purchase price. Cheers. |
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