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Hello, I have 2 areas in my garden where we have Zinnia's. Currently the flowers are looking worn out from the summer here in New Jersey. Can I cut the Zinnia's back and expect the Zinnia's to come back in full ? I appreciate your suggestions. Thank you ! murph

Yes, you can cut them back. Don't cut them all the way to the ground, but to where you'd like them to bush out. They will grow more & send out more flowers. Have fun.

thank you for the helpfull suggestion, I appreciate it.

You're welcome, glad to help.

This is so interesting. In all my years of gardening, I did not know you could do this with zinnias. Only goes to prove that you are never too old to learn.

Thank you Mgt.


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You're welcome, too vera ellen. One way I found this out is that one year I planted zinnias at the end of my fence post. The neighbor thought they were weeds & mowed them down. The zinnias came back & were nice & bushy & gorgeous.

LOL...that's how I found out about the volunteer spiderwort..a stray cow ate mine down to a couple of inches. Then it grew back stronger and more full than ever.

I just cut a bunch of mine this morning...before I saw this post.
I've been fighting some "worm" and most of my older blooms looked nasty...so I cut off those stems back to where they came off the main stem as long as there wasn't a new bloom coming any place.
My soap/water (liquid lemon joy) has been killing them...but they got way ahead of me before I realized I had a problem.

That's funny z9 lady. Isn't it amazing how we learn some things & can put them to good use?

ga.karen, good luck with yours, I'm sure they'll come back nice & strong. I usually have to fight powdery mildew on mine.