Background Information

Conditions:
Grows as an annual, a plant that matures and completes its life cycle over the course of a single year. The plant enjoys full sun and moderate watering. The pH level of the soil should be 5.5 to 7.0.

Origin:
The Zahara Starlight Rose is believed to have originated from Mexico. The flower is named after German botanist Johann Zinn who was known greatly in the botanical sciences.


Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Angiosperms (flowering plants)

Class: Eudicots (grooved structure of pollen)

Order: Asterales (dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Family: Asterales

Genus: Zinnia

Species: Marylandica

Subspecies: Asteroideae

Day Five

April 23rd, Tuesday

Today we watered our plants with neutral water for all of them until they grow a bit more. It was found that 8 out of the 26 plants planted have sprouted. We are planning on starting the treatments on Friday when more plants have hopefully sprouted.

Day One

April 19th Friday
Today we planted our seeds, the Zinnia marylandica. We planted the 26 seeds in three separate groups, acidic, basic and neutral. We did not start the treatment today, we are going to wait until they have germinated. There should be germination within five to ten days.