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In Bloom: 2009-06-25 Out of Bloom: 2009-11-16 Growth Type: Annual Hardiness Zones: 1 - 10 Location at Monticello: West Lawn Planting Conditions: Full Sun and Partial Shade |
Small-flowered Zinnia
Zinnia pauciflora (Click image to enlarge) |
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Zinnia pauciflora was grown in eighteenth-century gardens and was sold by Philadelphia nurseryman Bernard McMahon in 1804. Like its larger-petaled brethren, pauciflora is an annual flower native to South America. The small, attractive flowers show orangish-red throughout the summer and are very different from the hybrids now so popular.
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