INTRODUCING

Prairie Peach Zinnia

A big, fluffy zinnia with peach lower petals, pale yellow upper petals, and a raspberry red center. Prairie Peach glows in the landscape and in bouquets. Read more about how it was developed from a single plant in an Italian seed mix. Or buy seeds now from our partner site, growitalian.com.

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Explore Flower Territory

Flower Breeding

This is a golden age of plant breeding, with new and better flowers being introduced every year. Here are some of the stories behind the blooms.

Books

Recommendations for the best books about flower and vegetable gardening and farming.

Flower Growing

How-to articles about all aspects of growing flowers, whether you’re a flower farmer or gardener.

About Lynn

Hi, I ‘m Lynn Byczynski and I’m so glad you have found your way to my website. I’ve worked with flowers in one way or another for 40 years. I wrote the book that is widely regarded as the best introduction to flower farming, The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower’s Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers. As the founder and publisher of Growing for Market magazine for 25 years, I have traveled extensively to flower farms and gardens across the U.S. My current passion is for plant breeding. Besides breeding my own strain of Zinnia, Prairie Peach, I am keenly interested in writing about what other people are doing in flower breeding. Read more …