'Jim Baggett's Choice Mix' Zinnia

Zinnia elegans Origin: Oregon Improvement status: Breeding population Seeds per packet: ~50 Germination tested 11/2024: 93% Life cycle: Annual We got these seeds from the excellent flower-seed farmers at Wild Garden Seeds, who have this to say about this zinnia mix: "These brilliantly hued and diversely formed zinnias come from the great Oregon State vegetable breeder Jim Baggett, who made zinnias and dahlias his backyard avocation. Huge heads on long stems in spectral extremes of orange, yellow, red, magenta, and pink, with long, sometimes rolled or quilled petals. Spectacular."Zinnias were once called "Youth and Old Age", probably because they keep producing flowers all season, with some fading away and others rising in their place. Though this species is native to Mexico, the name "Zinnia" comes from German botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727-1759) and was first applied by Carl Linnaeus (the guy who developed the binomial Latin nomenclature we still use for all species today). Zin