State Fair Mix Zinnia

State Fair Mix Zinnia (Zinnia elegans 'State Fair Mix') is a towering, exuberant, old-fashioned zinnia blend that brings the grand, maximalist spirit of the classic county fair flower show straight to the home garden. Giant, dinner-plate-sized fully double flower heads in an eye-popping, fully saturated rainbow mix — blazing orange, hot coral, magenta, scarlet, golden yellow, soft pink, and creamy white — are borne on tall, vigorous, upright stems that produce some of the largest zinnia blooms available in any garden variety. This is zinnia grown to its most spectacular extreme: bold, generous, unapologetically vibrant, and deeply, gloriously summer.

Grown from Professional Grade root systems with an organic heritage, State Fair Mix is the quintessential choice for gardeners who want maximum visual impact, abundant cut flowers, and a season-long pollinator spectacle in a single planting. The tall, upright plants make a bold, colorful hedge or backdrop in the summer border, and the enormous blooms are among the most impressive and long-lasting available for fresh floral arrangements and farmers market bouquets. Monarchs, swallowtails, painted ladies, bees, and hummingbirds flock to the blooms in such numbers that the garden practically hums with wildlife energy throughout the peak of summer.

Why You'll Love It

• Enormous Dinner-Plate-Sized Double Blooms: Giant, fully double flower heads in the largest size category available among zinnia varieties deliver a maximalist, county-fair-worthy floral impact in a saturated full-spectrum rainbow mix of orange, coral, magenta, scarlet, gold, pink, and cream.
• Spectacular Cut Flower Production: Tall, strong stems bearing enormous, long-lasting blooms make State Fair Mix one of the finest and most impressive zinnias for fresh floral arrangements, farmers market bouquets, and spectacular summer table centerpieces.
• Towering Summer Border Impact: Vigorous, tall upright plants create a bold, colorful living hedge or vivid back-of-border backdrop that anchors the summer garden with maximum color energy and vertical presence throughout the warm season.
• Wildlife Spectacle Plant: Giant nectar-rich blooms attract monarch butterflies, swallowtail butterflies, painted ladies, bees, and hummingbirds in extraordinary numbers — planting State Fair Mix is one of the single most effective ways to create a thriving, wildlife-rich summer garden ecosystem.
• Cut-and-Come-Again Abundance: Regular harvesting of the enormous blooms for fresh arrangements stimulates continuous new bud set throughout the season — the more you cut, the more prolifically and vigorously this generous, responsive annual produces.

These 2" healthy live seedlings thrive in full sun — at least 8 hours of direct sunlight daily — in fertile, well-draining soil enriched with organic compost. Water consistently and deeply at the base; avoid overhead watering to reduce powdery mildew risk. A heat-loving warm-season annual: transplant outdoors after all danger of frost has passed. Approximately 70–80 days to first full bloom from transplant — the extra time over smaller zinnia varieties is well worth the wait for the extraordinary bloom size. Does not tolerate frost. Space plants 18 inches apart to accommodate the vigorous, large-scale habit and ensure good air circulation. Harvest or deadhead blooms regularly to stimulate continuous production throughout the season.