• Scabiosa-flowered
  • Annual
  • Apricot
  • Double

Zinderella

Zinderella Mix · Zinderella Peach

Annual scabiosa-flowered zinnia in apricot, lavender, purple, orange, red, and white, blooming in early summer, midsummer, late summer, and fall. Scabiosa-flowered blooms about 2 inches across, a base layer of petals under a dome of short ruffled petals around a dark eye, in peach, lilac, purple, orange, red and white. Grown as an annual in every zone.

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A Zinderella zinnia flower up close on the plant
A Zinderella zinnia flower up close on the plant

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Zinderella zinnia plants in bloom in a garden
Zinderella zinnia plants in bloom in a garden

At a glance

Flower form
Scabiosa-flowered Double · 2 in (5 cm)
Colors
  • Apricot
  • Lavender
  • Purple
  • Orange
  • Red
  • White
Blooms
Early summer, Midsummer, Late summer, Fall 70 days from sowing
Vase life
Not grown for cutting
Height
2–3 ft (61–91 cm)
Sunlight
Full sun
Hardiness
Grown as an annual in every zone Annual
Planted as
Seed Sow indoors: 4–4 weeks before last frost
Botanical name
Zinnia elegans

In the garden

  • Bees
  • Seldom severely damaged by deer (Rutgers rating)

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Origin

Harris Seeds describes Zinderella as scabiosa-flowered zinnias with frilly crested flower heads, producing a mix of fully double, semi-double and single blooms.

Sources

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  • A Zinderella zinnia flower up close on the plant
    A Zinderella zinnia flower up close on the plant
  • Zinderella zinnia plants in bloom in a garden
    Zinderella zinnia plants in bloom in a garden

Questions

Is Zinderella hardy in my zone?

Zinderella is an annual: it flowers and sets seed in one season, so hardiness zone decides when to plant it, not whether it survives winter.

Does Zinderella need full sun?

Zinderella grows in full sun.

When does Zinderella bloom?

Zinderella blooms in early summer, midsummer, late summer, and fall, about 70 days from sowing.

Is Zinderella good for cutting?

Our sources don't list Zinderella as a cut flower or give a vase life for it.

See also

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A Giant Cactus Flowered zinnia flower up close on the plant Giant Cactus Flowered Mixed cactus-flowered zinnia with quilled petals, 2 to 4 ft tall, blooms 35 to 80 days from seed. Cactus-floweredEarly summerTall
A Inca zinnia flower up close on the plant Inca Orange cactus-type zinnia, 5-inch fully double blooms with spidery petals, 3 ft tall. Cactus-floweredEarly summerTall
A Lilliput zinnia flower up close on the plant Lilliput Pompon zinnia with 1-1.5 inch flowers in red, pink, orange, purple, yellow and white. PomponEarly summerMedium height

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