23: Zinnia / Zinnie / Zinnia elegans

Zinnia / Zinnie / Zinnia elegans

Anyway a more than strange looking flower for the open fields curb / Auf jeden fall eine sehr seltsame Blume fuer den Stassenrand in den Feldern

5 comments so far...

Fizgig March 08, 2019, 04:23 PM

That's a Zinnia =) Nice find and capture!

Sonja March 08, 2019, 04:41 PM

Ah, thanks.

If bees like to go out dining at the mexican?

Fizgig March 08, 2019, 04:52 PM

Butterflies are the biggest draw for these flowers. Bees tend to pass them up if there is other fare to be found -- showing slightly more consideration for the cactus variety of zinnia. But if you want to draw butterflies to your garden, these are the flowers to plant =) They come is some really amazing colors & sizes.

Sonja March 08, 2019, 06:53 PM

This is all different flowers from the beefood stripe along an orchard, not my own backyard or something by anyones house. The seed mix is almost all showy non-native or leftover hybrid plants it seems, partially even filled ones, but meant for seeing the precious apple pollinators through autumn....