Zinnias & the Importance of Labeling Seedlings

Zinnias & the Importance of Labeling Seedlings

For the past couple years, we have been starting most of our plants from seed in our homemade cold frame (click HERE to view "Repurposed Windows Made Into A Cold Frame").  This year for some reason, we decided to put the empty seed packet underneath the seedling rows instead of using a popsicle stick marker.  I'm sure that you can guess what happened.........the seed packet got soaked and the words were unreadable.

We had a packet of Zinnias from Mary's Heirloom Seeds and a packet of cantaloupe.

Click HERE to visit the Zinnia page on "Mary's Heirloom Seeds"!

Well, somehow the tray of cantaloupe got mixed up with our cucumber seedlings and we totally lost track of the Zinnias.  We thought the Zinnia seedlings were the cantaloupe starters.

We reserved a special spot in the garden for the melons giving them plenty of room to spread.  Now keep in mind that I had never grown Zinnias before - even after 40 years of gardening.  As the seedlings started growing I noticed that they were rather upright, like maybe a unique climbing melon or something (I am laughing - haha).

They were looking like the pictures below:

Once we saw the little blossom (see picture below), then I knew that we had made a mistake.

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Anyway, they are beautiful and the bees love them.

There are so many different colors - God's creativity is amazing!!

Enjoy the following pictures:

All photos were taken by me (Angie Ouellette-Tower) and the flowers were all grown in my garden.
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photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

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Tuesdays with a Twist Blog Hop #679

Welcome to Tuesdays with a Twist #679!

ENJOY!

Before we get to the blog hop today - 

during the month of April I will be featuring an asparagus recipe post:

Ham, Asparagus & Potato Pancake Stacker

 

Checkout wonderful seeds at Mary's Heirloom Seeds 

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Or click picture below:

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Also, checkout one of my Bags/Purses available at Zazzle:

Evening Sun Mix Sunflower Tote Bag
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Good Morning and Welcome to another No Rules Party!

Angie @ God's Growing Garden

My Features this Week are:

1. "When a Lioness Attacked a British Mail Truck" by My Little Old World

2. "How To Style a Denim Shacket 3 Different Ways" by Amy's Creative Pursuits

3. "Salmonberry Walk & Castle Rock WA" by Road Gypsies

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The party starts every Tuesday at 7am EST and will continue until Saturday at 11:59pm.  Feel free to stop back any time and "like" your favorites.  Please visit other blogs if you have a moment. 

Share older posts as well as new ones.  No limit on links!

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15 Favorites - FLOWERS

15 Favorites - FLOWERS

Today is the fifth post in my 2026 series called "15 Favorites".  Every year I have a special feature series that is specific to each year.  Since this is the 15th year of "God's Growing Garden" (the blog's) existence, I thought we'd feature 15 of my favorite posts in a specific category. 

Celebrate my 15 year anniversary with me by enjoying my 15 favorite FLOWER posts!

ENJOY!

click on each title to view the entire post:

50 Sunflower Varieties & Counting (Part1 - #1 to #25)

14 Days of Roses

Flowers by Color - BLUE

Corn Poppies - Charming & Prolific

Showcasing the Snowball Bush

Free Amaryllis from Kroger

Incredible Climbing Clematis Vine

Flowers by Color - ORANGE

The Vibrant Portulaca Flower - a.k.a. Moss Roses

Echinacea Excellence

Flowers by Color - GREEN

Nasturtium the Edible Flower

Flowers by Color - RED

Growing Sage as a Flower

Regal Rose of Sharon

Other "15 Favorites" posts:

WINTER

LEMONS

CHOCOLATE

SPRINGTIME

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