Old Mexico zinnia
Zinnia haageana 'Old Mexico'
RHS AGM 2017
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Sizeup to 24 inches tall12+ inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Creeping
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Old Mexico' zinnia (Zinnia haageana 'Old Mexico') is an annual for borders, containers, cut flowers, and pollinator gardens. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist soil of most types. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds visit the blooms. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. It grows fast and tolerates drought.
Pairs well with Spider flower, Snapdragon, and First Knight fountain grass.