Scarlet Ruffles zinnia
Zinnia elegans 'Scarlet Ruffles'
AAS Winner 1974
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moderate soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Scarlet Ruffles' zinnia (Zinnia elegans 'Scarlet Ruffles') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, and pollinator gardens. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. This plant likes full sun and dry to average, loamy soil. Deer tend to pass it by. It is drought tolerant and grows at a rapid pace with an erect habit. Butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and birds visit the blooms.
Pairs well with ProCut Plum sunflower, Radiance cosmos, and Red fescue.