Queeny Lime Zinnia ( Zinnia elegans ) brings a modern, refreshing color to the summer garden with soft lime petals that mature into creamy, antique tones. Each bloom has a luminous quality that brightens borders, cutting gardens, and fresh arrangements. The variety’s subtle shifts of green, yellow, and blush make it a distinctive choice for gardeners who love unique, eye-catching flowers. It is a strong choice for pollinator-friendly plantings, cottage gardens, or anywhere you want long-lasting seasonal color. This zinnia grows into a well-branched, productive plant that offers weeks of vibrant blooms.
Variety Details
Botanical name:Zinnia elegans
Plant type: Annual
Growth habit: Upright
Crop category: Flower seed
Flower character: Queeny Lime Zinnia ( Zinnia elegans ) brings a modern, refreshing color to the summer garden with soft lime petals that mature into creamy, antique tones.
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 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.
Its sturdy stems hold up beautifully in the garden and in the vase, making Queeny Lime a reliable cut-and-come-again selection for home growers and floral designers alike.
Place Queeny Lime 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.
