In Bloom: 2010-06-28 Out of Bloom: 0000-00-00 Growth Type: Annual Hardiness Zones: 1 - 10 Location at Monticello: West Lawn Planting Conditions: Full Sun

Peruvian Zinnia Zinnia peruviana (Click image to enlarge)

Although zinnias did not become popular garden plants until late in the nineteenth century, Zinnia peruviana was grown in eighteenth-century gardens and was sold by Phildelphia nurseryman Bernard McMahon in 1804. This South American annual grows to three or four feet and produces mixed yellow and orange pastel flowers throughout the summer. It's small but attractive flowers are very different from improved hybrids now so popular. Visit Monticello's Online Shop to check for seeds or plants of Peruvian Zinnia. Close Window © Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc.