White Zinnia
Zinnia elegans
(ZIN-ya) (ELL-eh-ganz)
One of the benefits of our dry summer was good Zinnias. The
foliage stayed remarkably clean with a very light spray schedule. The roses we
grew were also strong blooming on huge canes. Both the roses and the cutting
garden Zinnias were on drip irrigation which helps keep the diseases in check.
In my pack of mixed Zinnias this white beauty appeared. It
seems to have been some sort of mistake as all the others in the flat were
typical reds, yellows and oranges. We had a freeze warning last night but I don’t
think it got as cold as they said. Isolated pockets of frost and freeze
probably happened but it wasn’t general so the season rolls on for a few more
days anyway.