Zinnia

🧩 Role in the garden

Family

Asteraceae

Height

medium (40–100 cm)

Shape

upright

Roots

medium depth

Sun

full sun

Season

warm season

Grows in

☀ summer beds (warm season)

Jobs in the bed

• Brings pollinatorsFlowers that feed bees and butterflies. Useful next to crops that need pollinating.

Rotation

Do not return Asteraceae to the same spot for 3–4 years. Same family:

• Lettuce
• Marigold (Tagetes)
• Calendula (pot marigold)
• Sunflower
• Cosmos
• Tansy
• Yarrow
• Chamomile

How these roles work in the Guide →

✓ Place near

• ✓ Cucumber
• ✓ Squash / zucchini
• ✓ Eggplant / aubergine