Creeping Zinnia Seeds

BOTANICAL NAME

Sanvitalia procumbens

LIFE CYCLE

• Annual

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

• Full Sun

GROWTH HABIT

• Ground Cover
• Spreading

PLANT HEIGHT

• 6 to 8 inches

COLOR

• Yellow

Create a carpet of cheerful yellow blooms with this low-growing annual that flowers continuously from spring through late summer and often until frost. Like other zinnias, Creeping Zinnia is exceptionally heat tolerant and low maintenance. Unlike most other zinnias, it grows under a foot and makes an ideal choice for containers, rock gardens, hanging baskets, and other sunny locations.

• Pair with other heat-tolerant plants like verbena, moss rose, gazania, and pentas
• Continuously blooms without deadheading
• Free of any serious pests and diseases; deer- and rabbit-resistant

PLANTING SEASON

• Spring
• Summer

SOWING METHOD

• Direct Sow
• Start Indoors

PLANTING DEPTH

• 1/8 inch

WATER NEEDS

• Low
• Average

PLANT SPACING

• 12 to 18 inches

HARDINESS ZONES

• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10