Queeny Lime Orange zinnia is a distinctive variety for gardeners who love unusual, sunset-inspired color. Large, dahlia-like blooms unfurl in layers of apricot, peach, and soft orange, brushed with hints of lime and finished with a warm rose center. As each flower matures, its tones shift, giving every plant the appearance of a hand-tied bouquet that evolves throughout the season. Strong stems and vigorous branching make this variety distinctive for cutting gardens, borders, and pollinator plantings. These organic seeds are easy to grow and reward gardeners with steady, abundant blooms from midsummer to frost.
Variety Details
Plant type: Annual
Growth habit: Upright
Crop category: Flower seed
Flower character: Queeny Lime Orange zinnia is a distinctive variety for gardeners who love unusual, sunset-inspired color.
Product format: Seed packet
Sowing & Growing
Light: Full Sun
Planting season: Spring
Starting location: Direct Sow
Recorded soil pH: 5.5 – 7.0
Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Queeny Lime Orange Zinnia and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.
Queeny Lime Orange performs beautifully as a cut-and-come-again variety—regular harvesting encourages even more flowers.
Place Queeny Lime Orange Zinnia where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.
