• 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&
  • 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&
  • 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.
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Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden Ltd

Zinnia Green Envy

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Zinnia elegans 'Green Envy' Lime-Green Zinnia 'Green Envy' (RHS AGM)

The florist's most versatile green cut flower — large semi-double zingy chartreuse-lime flowers that mature to soft jade, on sturdy stems through July–October. Zinnia 'Green Envy' holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit and is the perfect cool foil for hot summer colours, making every other colour in a cottage arrangement look more vivid by contrast.

This is the genuinely-unique green Zinnia that has become a florist favourite. 'Green Envy' produces large semi-double flowers in a zingy chartreuse-lime that matures gradually to soft jade-green — the colour development meaning a planting displays multiple shades of green simultaneously as new flowers open above older ones. The green colour gives 'Green Envy' a specific and exceptionally valuable role: as the cool sophisticated foil that makes hot summer colours look more vivid. A bunch of pure-coloured Zinnias and Cosmos becomes infinitely more sophisticated with a few stems of Green Envy added — the green provides the visual rest that lets bolder colours read more clearly. Holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit. RHS Plants for Pollinators. Half-hardy annual. Flowers July through October.

A note on growing

Same heat-worshipper Zinnia rules as 'Giants of California':

  • Sow individually April–May at 21–24°C (no root disturbance)
  • Pinch at 10–15cm for bushy branching
  • Plant out in JUNE in warm soil — never cold spring soil
  • Water at base only (never overhead — mildew risk)
  • Feed fortnightly with liquid tomato fertiliser

The "wiggle test" before cutting: before cutting Zinnia stems for the vase, gently shake the stem about 30cm below the flower head. If the head wobbles or droops on its stem, it's not ready — the stem hasn't matured sufficiently to support cut-flower hydration. Wait 2–3 days and try again. Stems that pass the wiggle test (head stays firm) provide the full 10–14 day vase life; stems cut too early collapse within hours.

Where it shines

In the cottage cutting garden as the versatile green filler — Green Envy is the variety that elevates simple posies into designer-quality arrangements. In modern florist work for the rare green flower that adds sophistication. In all-green moon-garden cutting schemes. In cottage borders for cool sophisticated tonal balance amid warmer summer colours. In wildlife gardens for the butterfly landing-platform value.

Plant alongside

For maximum visual impact, Zinnia 'Green Envy' makes every other colour in the cottage cutting garden look more vivid by contrast. Plant alongside any hot Zinnia or Cosmos for designer cottage sophistication. With Bupleurum 'Griffithii' for matching lime-green tonal interest and contrasting form. With Larkspur 'Limelight Mix' for matching cool-green sophistication continuing the green-and-pastel cottage palette.

Shipping information

- No EU import duties.
- Ships within 1-2 business days.
- Ships in our fully recyclable and biodegradable signature boxes.
    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&
    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&
    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.