I know on a rose bush, once the bloom dies, you prune it back to just above the
first five-leaf stem. This will create a new bud/bloom.
What about a Zinnia? How far back do you prune the dead bloom from the plant to
promote new buds/blooms?

TOM KAN PA wrote:

I know on a rose bush, once the bloom dies, you prune it back to just above the
first five-leaf stem. This will create a new bud/bloom.
What about a Zinnia? How far back do you prune the dead bloom from the plant to
promote new buds/blooms?

I always prune 'em back to where the highest new bud is forming.

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 16:29:00 -0400, TOM KAN PA wrote:

I know on a rose bush, once the bloom dies, you prune it back to just
above the first five-leaf stem. This will create a new bud/bloom. What
about a Zinnia? How far back do you prune the dead bloom from the plant
to promote new buds/blooms?


As far back as you want. Just go for it.

Same here. I have some pinwheel zinnias in a big pot, and just deadhead the
spent flowers (or pick a few open ones for the house.) The plants keep
producing and producing.
zemedelec