Zinnia Farmer: Waiting for the Sun

Native to Mexico and Central America, the Aztecs referred to the zinnia flower as an “eyesore” which the Spanish called mal de ojos because of their small, dingy and dull appearance in some colors (Hanna, 2013; Daily Gardener, 2019). Linnaeus classified zinnias in the family Asteraceae, a collage of 1620 genera and 23, 600 species (Petruzzellow, 2018). The Zinnia Farmer: Waiting for the Sun starte...