Hardiness zones
Sunset All zones as annual
USDA All zones as annual

Landscape Use: Warm season accent bedding plant, great summer youth garden plant because it's easy to grow, dependable, and showy

Form & Character: Herbaceous, tender, upright, cheerful

Growth Habit: Moderately upright the height of which depends on variety, ranging from a dwarf 12" to a tall 4'

Foliage/Texture: Ovate, medium green, slightly pubescent, medium fine texture

Flowers & Fruits: Flowers bright white to red, perfect ray flowers, single and double born terminally on stems, fruit inconspicuous

Seasonal Color: Flowers May to September

Temperature: Tolerant, though experiences heat stress in full sun, reflected exposure locations in Phoenix during summer

Light: Full sun

Soil: Tolerant, well drained but with moderate to high organic matter content

Watering: Provide copious and frequent amounts of water for this plant to thrive during the hot summer in Phoenix

Pruning: Remove spent flowers to encourage more blooms

Propagation: Seed, really easy - a beginners plant

Disease and pests: Relatively pest free

Additional comments: Cheerful summer bedding plant for moist gardens in the desert southwest. Not drought tolerant. There are several other <I>Zinnia</I> species and hybrids of species with many named cultivars such as the delightful  Zinnia hybrida 'Orange Profusion' and Zinnia haageana 'White Star'.