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Zinnia 'Benarys Giant Lime'
Zinnia 'Benarys Giant Lime'
Zinnia elegans
Seed Available June 2025
The colour of a glowing Golden Delicious apple crossed with a Granny Smith, beautiful broad blooms and an extremely high percentage of double flowers on sturdy stems. At 1-1.2m tall ‘Benary’s Giant Lime’ makes a statement at the back of a border and in the cutting garden. Good disease resistance.
Combines well with an assortment of other blooms as well as a large colour palette. The sculptural quality of Giant Lime with its twilled new petals rising in tiers adds interest to design work and its chartreuse green mixes well with whites, pastels and fiery colours. Especially gorgeous colour with bold foliage.
SEED COUNT: 50 approx
Seed Raising, Growing and Harvest Information
| Plant Type | Site | Spacing | Height | Sowing Depth |
Days to Germination |
Days to Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | Full Sun | 23-30cm apart in rows 30cm apart |
100cm | 6mm | 7-10 days @ 20-22 degrees |
75-90 days |
TRANSPLANT (recommended) – Temperatures below 15 °C delay flowering so plan to transplant when nighttime temperatures reliably not below 15 °C. Sow into flats or preferred seedling container 6 weeks before your transplant date.. Cover seeds lightly with vermiculite. Seeds germinate best at 20-22 °C. Higher temperatures reduce germination. Grow on at 15-18 °C for 3-4 weeks. Harden-off and transplant. Do not allow plants to become root bound and avoid disturbing roots; transplant shock or other stress events may cause double-flowering varieties to produce single blooms for a period following stress.
DIRECT SEED - After last frost, sow 0.6mm deep. For cut flower production, thin seedlings or plant plugs at 20-25 cm in rows 30 cm apart.
NOTES - Succession-sow/plant every four weeks for prolonged yields of high-quality stems. Pinching of initial bud or bloom and subsequent deadheading is recommended to encourage strong branching and bloom production.
