The Mazurkia zinnia is a very beautiful variety with two-tone red flowers edged with cream that will bring dynamism to your flowerbeds. Ideal for creating bouquets. Successfully sowing zinnia mazurkia Sowing in a pot or tray: Sow from March to May in pots or trays between 21 and 30°C, in fine seed compost. Place a few seeds per pot, cover the seeds with compost and firm down. Keep the soil cool until emergence. Germination can take between 5 and 10 days. Sowing in open ground It is also possible to sow in open ground in May once the risk of frost has passed, after working the soil to make it soft and adding seed compost. Sow the seeds thinly. Cover the seeds with seed compost. Firm down and water finely. Planting Replant zinnias in spring, in May, in a sunny location. Flowering Flowering appears from July to October.