Anyone know a good website, or know how to ID this plant? We planted zinnia from bulk seed, and two are growing much taller than the others. It is the same color (green). The leaves feel like zinnia (fuzzy), but the plants are now 3-4 feet high, whereas the others are about 6 inches. The buds kept turning into more leaves! Now there are buds on top and on the sides in some spots. Is this a weird zinnia, or did something get mixed in with them?
What is this plant?
If it looks the same except just having more buds, and the size of course, it might be a hybrid of two closely related zinnia (sub)species. Hybrids can perform higher performance in many traits, as plant hight, fertility, leave numbers and so on. This is called heterosis or hybrid vigor and common for plenty of plants, including crops.
But on the other hand, it might indeed be some thing else in this bulk mixture, may be you have to wait until they flower.
Reply:Do you have a picture? It sounds like some sunflower seed may have gotten into the zinnia seed, but you won't know until the plants bloom.
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