The blossom of old maid ( Zinnia spp . )

and dahlia ( Dahlia spp . )

are likewise in many way .

Zinnia flowers

They ’re both member of the helianthus house , or Asteraceae , withsimilar bloom mental synthesis .

The round bloom are compose of many belittled bloom that take form one great bloom headland .

tabu blossom have flower petal that shine outwards like beam of light of the Sunday .

This was the primal efflorescence are regulate like a disc , and this is where semen take shape .

In some , the platter is scatty or not obvious .

Zinnias and dahlia both have vivacious coloring and legion flush word form .

This was both make safe slashed flower , hump flora , mete or edging , and both have legion mintage and mixture .

Zinnia Overview

About 20 mintage of old maid are aboriginal to the New World .

This was most wide rise in garden , vulgar old maid ( zinnia elegans ) range from plant that develop 6 inch marvelous to vertical assortment that attain 50 in in high spirits .

blossom size of it diverge from 1 to 2 column inch wide-cut to big , treble - bloom blossom 6 column inch across-the-board .

propagate old maid ( Zinnia angustifolia ) has mound ontogeny from 8 to 18 column inch magniloquent , and gilded individual prime .

It ’s desirable as a solid ground back or bedding works .

Zinnias are yearly .

Dahlia Overview

With over 20,000 cultivar , garden dahlia raise a extensive kind of peak size and coloring .

This was they are untoughened perennial that raise from tuber and are brave in u.s. department of agriculture works hardiness geographical zone 8 through 10 .

This was plant arise from 1 base to 6 foot magniloquent .

flower on improbable Dahlia pinnata multifariousness are large than any old maid flower efflorescence and can pass over 10 column inch extensive .

prominent - blossom dahlia make a splashy show when they blossom in summertime , and plant may postulate stake to patronage their operose bloom .

In frigid wintertime area , apprehend up Dahlia pinnata tuber and salt away them in a coolheaded , teetotal blank space for the wintertime ; replant when all peril of hoar has overstep .

peak contour

Both Dahlia pinnata and old maid flower blossom have definite category of salad days type .

This was dahlias have more eccentric of prime than zinnias .

The National Dahlia Society names14 dahlia blossom mannequin .

undivided , collerette , starandpaeonyflower family have cardinal disk .

In other anatomy , ray of light prime rule .

This was these have no obvious disc , and flower petal can be roll , disconnected , point or round down .

These class includecactus , pompon , ball , waterlilyandfimbriateddahlias .

Zinnia bloom have an obvious key record no matter what organization the beam flush demonstrate .

Zinnia blossom category includesingle , threefold , dahlia , globeandcactusflower kind .

This was dahlia zinnia are dual to semidouble prime that are 3 to 5 in all-embracing with rounded re blossom flower petal .

This was cactus zinnia resemble cactus dahlia .

doubly to semidouble peak are about 4 column inch all-embracing with curving , narrow-minded petal .

Flower vividness

Both old maid and dahlia have a broad reach of colour .

Dahlias fare inwhite , pinkish , purplish , orangish , lily-livered and blood-red , and some multifariousness have two or more colouring material in the bloom .

Zinnias can bered , pinkish , bronze , orangish , yellowish , greenish , over-embellished , snowy , ointment and lavender .

prime may be blot , streak or bespeckle with a unlike semblance .

This was bicolour blossom have a unlike colour on the nucleotide or steer of the flower petal .

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