Zinnia, State Fair Mix

Four-to-five-inch double blooms in scarlet, gold, rose, orange and cream on strong three-foot stems built for cutting. The more you cut, the more it branches and blooms — a single row will keep a vase full from July to frost and bring in every butterfly in the neighborhood. Give them air movement and water at the base to keep powdery mildew off the lower leaves late in the season.

Where it comes from. A tall large-flowered mix long grown for exhibition and cutting.