Zinnia marylandica Double Zahara™ Cherry | Double Zinnia Seeds

Double Zahara™ Cherry is a compact, fully double zinnia with rich cherry-red flowers, combining vibrant colour with excellent performance in sunny, hot and dry conditions. The densely layered petals create full, rounded blooms, while the naturally bushy plants provide a strong display of colour throughout the summer.

Part of the award-winning Double Zahara™ series, Cherry combines fully double flowers, compact growth, strong disease resistance and excellent heat tolerance. Its vivid cherry-red colour makes it particularly effective in flower beds, borders, containers and mass plantings where a strong, saturated colour accent is desired.

Plant Information

• Botanical Name: Zinnia marylandica
• Series: Double Zahara™
• Variety: Cherry
• Common Name: Zinnia
• Flower Colour: Rich cherry red
• Flower Type: Fully double
• Life Cycle: Annual
• Plant Habit: Mounded, upright
• Plant Height: 41–51 cm
• Plant Width: 41–51 cm
• Plant Spacing: 20–25 cm
• Position: Full sun
• Blooming Season: Late spring, summer and autumn
• Seed Form: Raw or coated
• Plug Crop Time: Approximately 3 weeks
• Transplant to Finish: 8–9 weeks in spring; 5–6 weeks in summer
• Best For: Flower beds, borders, mass plantings, containers and balcony boxes

Double Zahara™ is an intermediate-size landscape zinnia particularly well suited to sunny locations, containers and hot summer conditions.

What Colour is Double Zahara™ Cherry?

Double Zahara™ Cherry produces rich cherry-red flowers with a vivid, saturated appearance.

The colour sits in the deeper red-pink spectrum rather than a bright orange-red, creating a bold but sophisticated effect in garden plantings.

Its rich cherry tone combines beautifully with white, cream, blush pink, soft pink, salmon, apricot, burgundy and fresh green. For a stronger contrast, it can also be paired with yellow and lime-green foliage or flowers.

The intense colour makes Cherry especially effective when planted in groups, where the numerous double flowers create a striking block of colour.

Fully Double Cherry-Red Flowers

One of the defining characteristics of Double Zahara™ Cherry is its densely petalled, fully double flower form.

Layers of petals create rounded, substantial blooms that remain decorative from a distance as well as up close.

High light levels encourage better flower doubleness, compact plant growth and strong flower colour, making a sunny position particularly important for this series.

How to Grow Double Zahara™ Cherry from Seed

Double Zahara™ Cherry is a fast-growing annual zinnia and is relatively straightforward to grow from seed.

Sow 1 seed per cell into a fine, moist seed-starting substrate. Cover the seed lightly.

Recommended germination temperature: approximately 20–23°C.

Keep the substrate consistently moist during germination, but avoid waterlogging.

Allow approximately 3 weeks for plug production. Before transplanting outdoors, gradually harden young plants to outdoor conditions.

Plant outside after all risk of frost has passed and the soil has begun to warm.

Planting & Growing

Choose a position in full sun. Abundant light encourages compact growth, strong flowering and richly coloured blooms.

Space plants approximately 20–25 cm apart.

Mature plants reach approximately 41–51 cm in height and width, forming naturally dense, rounded plants.

Double Zahara™ performs particularly well in warm, sunny and relatively dry summer conditions. Once established, the plants are well suited to exposed sunny garden positions and containers.

Avoid constantly wet soil. A fertile but well-drained growing medium is preferable.

Excellent Disease Resistance

The Double Zahara™ series was developed for strong disease resistance and reliable all-season garden performance.

Good airflow around the plants is still important. Avoid unnecessarily wetting the foliage and flowers, particularly during humid weather.

Water preferably at the base of the plants and allow sufficient spacing for air circulation.

Perfect for Containers and Garden Beds

With a mature height of approximately 41–51 cm, Double Zahara™ Cherry is a compact landscape zinnia rather than a tall traditional cut-flower variety.

Its naturally mounded growth habit makes it particularly suitable for:

Flower beds • Borders • Mass plantings • Patio containers • Balcony boxes • Mixed summer containers

Cherry is particularly striking when several plants are grown together, creating a dense display of rich cherry-red double flowers.

Why Grow Double Zahara™ Cherry?

Double Zahara™ Cherry combines vivid cherry-red colour with fully double flowers, compact growth, excellent heat tolerance and strong disease resistance.

It is an excellent choice for gardeners looking for a low-maintenance, long-flowering zinnia that performs reliably through warm summer weather while maintaining a neat, compact habit.