A Zinnia Green Envy flower from Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden, with pale yellow-green petals, bloomed at the center amidst soft white Queen Anne’s lace and lush foliage, evoking chartreuse-lime garden beauty.
A Zinnia Green Envy flower from Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden, with pale yellow-green petals, bloomed at the center amidst soft white Queen Anne’s lace and lush foliage, evoking chartreuse-lime garden beauty.Zinnia Green Envy from Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden features striking chartreuse-lime green blooms with dark centers, creating a unique focal point among green leaves and small purple flowers in your garden.A hand displays the Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden Zinnia Green Envy, featuring layered pale yellow-green petals and a yellow center, surrounded by chartreuse blooms and bright orange flowers. A ring is visible on the person's finger.Zinnia Green Envy from Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden features a pale yellow heirloom bloom at the center, encircled by small purple flowers and lush green foliage—an eye-catching addition to any vibrant garden.A yellow circular logo with a stylized bee and the text RHS PLANTS FOR POLLINATORS highlights Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden’s Zinnia Green Envy seeds, known for their unique chartreuse-lime blooms.A close-up of Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden's Zinnia Green Envy, featuring chartreuse-lime green blooms surrounded by vibrant purple, red, and blue sweet pea blossoms for a vivid floral arrangement.The Zinnia Green Envy bouquet from Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden features vibrant heirloom Zinnias and chartreuse-lime green blooms in a glass vase, set against soft, sunlit green foliage.A close-up of vibrant Zinnia flowers in yellow, cream, orange, red, and chartreuse-lime from Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden’s Zinnia Green Envy seeds, surrounded by lush green leaves.A pale yellow heirloom Zinnia flower blooms with Queen Anne’s lace amid green foliage. Plant your own Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden Zinnia Green Envy seeds for chartreuse-lime green flowers in any garden.A hand holds a pale yellow-green Zinnia Green Envy flower among red and pink zinnias, surrounded by lush leaves—ideal for gardeners seeking unique blooms from Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden’s Green Envy seeds.
Annual Pollinator AGM

Zinnia Green Envy

Zinnia elegans 'Green Envy' (syn. 'Envy') — RHS AGM; RHS Pollinators

£2.15approx. 100 seeds

Large semi-double zingy chartreuse-lime flowers maturing to soft jade — the RHS AGM florist's favourite green cut flower that makes every other colour more vivid.

Sowing months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Height
60-75cm
Spread
30cm
Spacing
30cm
Position
They require maximum sunshine.
Soil
They perform best in a loamy, humus-rich soil.
Grow guide
How to grow Zinnia Green Envy
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About this variety

A green flower, which is a rare thing and the reason florists pay attention. Large semi-double blooms open a zingy chartreuse-lime and mature to a soft jade, so a planting carries several shades of green at once. It holds an RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Green does a job no colour can. It provides the visual rest that lets everything else read clearly, and three stems of this through a bunch of hot zinnias and cosmos turns a jumble into an arrangement. That is the whole argument for growing it.

Zinnias want heat and hate cold wet soil, so sow individually, pinch at 10 to 15cm for a bushy plant, and plant out in June rather than May. Water at the base and never over the leaves, because mildew is the one real problem they get.

There is a trick worth knowing before you cut. Shake the stem gently about 30cm below the head. If the flower wobbles, the stem is not mature and it will collapse in the vase within hours. Wait two or three days and try again. A stem that passes holds ten days to a fortnight.

Plant alongside

Zinnia Green Envy pairs beautifully with these cottage garden classics

Bupleurum Griffithii
Bupleurum Griffithii
£1.95
Larkspur Limelight Mix
Larkspur Limelight Mix
£2.20
Zinnia Giants of California
Zinnia Giants of California
£2.20

RHS Plants for Pollinators

This plant has been assessed by the Royal Horticultural Society and recommended as especially beneficial to bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Growing plants like this directly supports UK pollinator populations — something close to our hearts at Salle Moor Hall Farm, where we see the difference a cottage garden full of the right plants can make.

Learn more at RHS.org.uk →

RHS Award of Garden Merit

The RHS Award of Garden Merit is given to plants of outstanding excellence for ordinary garden use. To earn this award a plant must be of good constitution, available to the gardening public, and perform reliably across a range of UK growing conditions. It is one of the most trusted plant recommendations in British gardening and a genuine mark of quality.

Learn more at RHS.org.uk →