Re: Pam - Purple Prince (?) Zinnias

You're welcome.  I went to Burpee's online and found:

Zinnia Exquisite - (red) sounds awesome
Zinnia "Cut and Come Again" - (blend of diff. colors) which sounds wonderful
and the Purple Prince - (almost a fuschia color that fades to purple)

They run around $3.50 a packet...but if you could see my Purple Prince...you
would think that $3.50 was a BARGAIN.  LOL.



On 8/28/08, Patricia Dickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> You would make a great MG!  The only difference that I say there is between
> a
> MG and before you are a MG is that you know where to go to find out?  I
> can't
> even begin to remember everything we have learned over the years but I know
> the answer is out there somewhere!
> Thank you and thank you for your honesty.  I will look at Lowe's.
> Tricia
>
> --- On Thu, 8/28/08, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pam - Purple Prince (?) Zinnias
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008, 2:22 PM
>
> Ya know...I just don't know WHAT varieties they are Tricia...sorry.  Some
> are tall, and some are medium height.  I just saw some seeds that I liked
> at
> Lowes one day and flung them out there ( I know...I'll never make a good
> master gardner....)
> And yes, I have tried the tomato cages, and they DO work, just looks kind
> of
> shabby until they get big enough..ya know?  I have some of those really
> tall
> stakes with a circle at the top that helps hold mine in place.  I think I
> got them from Gardener's Supply.
>
>
> On 8/28/08, Patricia Dickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > What varieties do you plant?  I love the tall white ones!
> > I have read that you can plant some tall plants in tomato cages then as
> > they
> > grow the foliage hides the tomato cage.  Have you ever tried that?
> > Tricia
> >
> > --- On Thu, 8/28/08, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pam - Purple Prince (?) Zinnias
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008, 1:07 PM
> >
> > ALL of the cosmos that I have in my garden this year, were self-seeded
> from
> > last year.  They do GREAT around here.  The only drawback (for me) is
> that
> > they grow so TALL sometimes, they fall over.  The wind here is pretty
> > strong....and I have to support them.  So when I DO actually throw seeds
> > out
> > there for them, I make sure they are growing where they are a little more
> > protected from the winds.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/28/08, Patricia Dickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > I need to try to be better about seeding in the spring.  I also love
> > cosmos
> > > and wish they would come back without having to reseed.
> > > Do you have any luck with cosmos?
> > >
> > > --- On Thu, 8/28/08, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pam - Purple Prince (?) Zinnias
> > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > > Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008, 8:19 AM
> > >
> > > Really Tricia?  Most of my zinnias reseed to a small degree....they
> > don't
> > > just go "nuts" on me, but I always have some come back.  I
> have
> > some
> > > that
> > > pop up in the cracks of the cement on my back porch and I gently pull
> > them
> > > up after a rain and transplant them in the garden.  But usually, I
> > scatter
> > > zinnia seeds in the spring, and then again in the middle of summer
> > because
> > > powdery mildew gets to the first ones and they look horrible.  So by
> the
> > > time I pull them up, the second crop is about to bloom.
> > >
> > > I will say this...before I pull up the unsightly ones...I cut the
> seed
> > > heads
> > > or dead flowers off and toss them in my garden.  They end up getting
> > > mulched
> > > over during the summer and that's probably why mine
> reseed......plus,
> > > I'm
> > > sure the birds help with that too.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/27/08, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > No problem.  Will have some shortly!!
> > > >
> > > > On 8/27/08, andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Me too Pam since I'm actually somewhere that has sun if
> you
> > > don't mind.
> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia
> Dickson"
> > <
> > > > > pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
> > > > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:04 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pam - Purple Prince (?) Zinnias
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Pam,
> > > > >> I would love to try some of your Zinnias if you have
> extra
> > this
> > > fall.  I
> > > > >> love
> > > > >> zinnia but never have ever had one to reseed for me.
> Every
> > year
> > > I try
> > > > to
> > > > >> find
> > > > >> a big one that will grow for me, but never have found
> one
> > like
> > > you
> > > > >> describe.
> > > > >> Tricia
> > > > >>
> > > > >> --- On Wed, 8/27/08, Pam Evans
> <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> From: Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> > > > >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pam - Purple Prince (?) Zinnias
> > > > >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > > > >> Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 4:04 PM
> > > > >>
> > > > >> kinda how I felt about it - LOL
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On 8/27/08, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> They can spread wherever they WANT to and I'll
> be
> > O.K.
> > > with that.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> On 8/27/08, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > >>> >
> > > > >>> > LOL - yes ma'am that is the correct name.
> > > Aren't they great?
> > > > >>> > And they reseed so prolifically (like 4
> > o'clocks)
> > > that I
> > > > >>>
> > > > >> haven't had to
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> > replant them since the first year.  That's
> why
> > I
> > > always have lots
> > > > >>>
> > > > >> of
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> seeds
> > > > >>> > to share.  Be aware they travel so they may
> pop up
> > here
> > > and there all
> > > > >>> over
> > > > >>> > the property.  Must be the birds is all I can
> > figure.
> > > > >>> >
> > > > >>> >
> > > > >>> > On 8/27/08, Jesse Bell
> <justjess01@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >>> > >
> > > > >>> > > Pam, those seeds you gave me for the
> Purple
> > Prince
> > > zinnias (was
> > > > >>>
> > > > >> that
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> the
> > > > >>> > > correct name?) - OMG...I picked a
> beautiful
> > one to
> > > take to work
> > > > >>>
> > > > >> today,
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> it
> > > > >>> > > is
> > > > >>> > > FIVE inches across and so lush looking.
> I
> > want to
> > > ALWAYS have
> > > > >>>
> > > > >> this in
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> my
> > > > >>> > > garden.....thank you so much.
> > > > >>> > > Sometimes my zinnias get tall...and not
> so
> > > full...but these are
> > > > >>>
> > > > >> just
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> > > awesome.
> > > > >>> > >
> > > > >>> > > PETUNIAS - anybody know a source where I
> can
> > find
> > > the good,
> > > > >>> > old-fashioned,
> > > > >>> > > petunias that really mound and smell so
> good.
> > > I'm not
> > > > >>>
> > > > >> talking about
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> the
> > > > >>> > > "wave" kind...these are the
> ones my
> > > grandmother used
> > > > >>>
> > > > >> to grow in her
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> > > gardens.  Dark purple, and some were
> > white...and
> > > they had the
> > > > >>>
> > > > >> most
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> > HEAVENLY
> > > > >>> > > smell...and really flourished in the
> worst
> > kind of
> > > dirt and
> > > > >>>
> > > > >> heat......
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> > >
> > > > >>> > > Looking for some low maintenance - high
> impact
> > > plants.
> > > > >>> > >
> > > > >>> > > --
> > > > >>> > > Jesse R. Bell
> > > > >>> > >
> > > > >>> > >
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