Zinnia Garden

Do you know the name of this flower? It's called Zinnia. These flowers come in an array of colors, multi-colors and hues. Zinnias come as lilac, purple, pink, rose, red, white, yellow, orange and multi-colored blooms.

Generally, Zinnias are grown from seed. They need fertile, humus-rich, and well-drained soil, good soil quality will produce much healthier plants and flowers.. They reseed themselves each year. Zinnias need full Sun. Just sow the seeds by putting one seed in approximately every square foot. Lightly rake the seed bed, and plant the seeds about 1/4 inch deep. Apply fertilizer as needed. Water the seed bed. Add a general purpose fertilizer once a month. Water Zinnias during dry periods, once or twice per week. Soil should be moist, but not wet. Add mulch around the plants for appearance and to keep weeds down.

The meaning of zinnia flower is deeper than most of the flowers blooming in the mid summer season. The flower zinnia, is a symbol of lasting love, goodness, thoughts of an absent friend, constancy and daily remembrance of good memories.

The meaning of zinnia flower is different depending on its color:
-A yellow colored zinnia is a symbol of daily remembrance
-The white zinnia represents goodness
-The scarlet zinnia represents constancy
- Magenta zinnia flower is a symbol of lasting love and affection
-A mixed colored zinnia means thinking of an absent friend.

These flowers are also found here in Bohol. If you are interested to see a real Zinnia Garden, the Zinnia Garden at Batuan, Bohol is the right place for you. You may find useful information here in this site www.boholweb.com about this Zinnia Garden.