
09/05/2025
Fun Fact Friday!
Zinnias are one of those amazing summer flowers that you have started to see in your gardens and in our bouquets. Did you know that Zinnias will become a branching flower and give you many more blooms if you pinch the tops off when they are about 5 to 6 inches tall? You can also cut off the first bloom if you miss your opportunity, and the 2nd and 3rd blooms will be bigger and better!
Did you also know that Zinnias should be given the wiggle test before you cut them to bring them inside for a bouquet? Grab the stem about 6 inches below the flower and wiggle it. If the flower stem is not rigid, and it wiggles, it is not ready and will "melt" in an arrangement or in a vase. Wait for that stem to be stiff when you wiggle, and that flower will give you maximum vase life! Come on, wiggle it! You know you want to! Lol