Dizzy Bees is a URBAN garden in a large subdivision, located on beautiful Vancouver Island on the Westcoast of Canada.

While we started our journey to grow food, it soon became apparent that the bees didn’t know we were here. So, we began growing for the bees, pollinators, butterflies, birds, and one of our favorites: hummingbirds. Not only are they essential to growing food, but they each play an important role in creating a healthy ecosystem in every garden.

50 Seeds 

Giant Key Lime Pie Zinnias seeds

Wonderful mix just for the cutting garden of white, creams and lime greens 

Cut Flower Bouquet 

Giant Zinnias produce dahlia-flowered zinnias with tall stems in large double blooms. This is the earliest flowering variety. Giant zinnia seeds zinnias are long blooming with excellent disease resistance. Picking off the dead flowers (deadheading) will prolong the bloom time, but so will cutting them for bouquets. The colors are brilliant, and the stems are strong and upright, perfect for cutting.

Details:

Plant type: annual

Height: 36-48”

Site: full sun

Days to maturity: 75-90 days

Plant spacing: 9-12”

Pinch: when 12” tall 

These reliable plants produce large quantities of dahlia large-sized flower heads that have long, strong stems and thrive in the heat. The more you harvest, the more they bloom. Zinnias are easy to grow and make a great choice for beginners.

How to Grow:

Start seed indoors in trays 4-6 weeks before last frost; transplant out after all danger of frost has passed. Zinnias can also be direct seeded once weather has warmed.

Harvesting/Vase Life:

Grab the stem about 8” below the flower and gently shake. If the stem is droopy or bends much at all, it is not quite ready to cut. If the stem is stiff and remains erect, it is ready to harvest. If flower preservative is added to the water, zinnias should last 7-10 days in the vase.