When I visited our local farm nursery last summer to order some compost to be delivered, the owner saw me browsing through their seed packets.

And told me to take one of the packets home with me, free of charge.

I had already planted my vegetables and many flowers (other than native plants going in the new composted beds), so I picked a packet of zinnias I never heard of before: Lilliput zinnias.

And they’ve become one of my favorite flowers to grow!