Zinnia Seed Growing Instructions
Elevate your garden with your easy-to-grow zinnia flower mix! The seed blend features a variety of zinnias, which thrive in sunny spots and tolerate drought, making them a low-maintenance choice for any landscape. Enjoy the beauty and simplicity of zinnias as they bring life and color to your outdoor space.
Zinnias are perfect cut flowers which means you can cut their beautiful blooms and put them in a vase in your home or give away to friends and family. The more you cut, the more they grow!
Planting Your Zinnia Flower Seed Mix
Mix Contents:
6 Varieties of 100% Annual Seeds Sourced from Eden Brothers in Asheville, North Carolina: Zinnia California Giant, Zinnia Dahlia Flowered, Zinnia Pumila, Zinnia Lilliput, Zinnia Thumbelina, Mexican Zinnia.
Plant Characteristics:
Zinnias are easy to grow and maintain. They create beautiful blooms that attract bees and other pollinators, butterflies, hummingbirds, and goldfinches.
Planting Season and Sowing Method:
Plant your Zinnia seeds in the spring and they will bloom summer through fall! You can either directly sow your seeds 1/2 inch deep or scatter them in the area you want them to grow. Zinnias are annuals which means you will need to sow new Zinnia seeds every year.
Plant Height, Light Requirement, and Hardiness Zones:
Zinnias require full, direct sun to grow big and tall. With proper light, Zinnias will grow to be 25+ inches tall in hardiness zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 which means that your Zinnias can thrive no matter where you live in the United States!
Growing Conditions and Tolerance:
Zinnias are outdoor flowers that are drought tolerant and heat tolerant. They are deer and rabbit resistant plants which means they are less likely to be eaten by these animals.
These zinnias were grown by a member of the SSC team.
Enjoy Your Zinnia Seeds
Our team at SSC loves to grow Zinnias in our personal gardens. We hope you enjoy your zinnias as much as we do!
If you have any questions about growing your zinnia seeds or your Scope 3 Strategy, our team is here to help! Reach out to us with any questions you may have.
Let’s Collaborate On Your Scope 3 Strategy
Managing Scope 3 emissions requires efficiency, accuracy, and collaboration across teams and suppliers.
Most companies encounter one or all of the following problems when trying to measure, report, and reduce their Scope 3 emissions:
Lack of time and resources
Lack of clarity on where to start
Lack of maturity in sustainability
SSC’s approach includes a 3-step process that provides structure while cultivating teamwork and collaboration. First, we guide companies through a detailed inventory of their Scope 3 emissions, then we provide hands-on education for procurement teams and suppliers.
Step 1: Complete Scope 3 Emissions Inventory
Scope 3 emissions can represent up to 90% of your company's emissions. You can’t calculate your Scope 3 emissions without conducting a Scope 3 Emissions Inventory. It is the critical first step in understanding which categories and suppliers have the biggest impact on your Scope 3 GHG emissions.
There are multiple layers to your Scope 3 analysis. It starts with the Scope 3 Emissions Inventory and continues with ongoing Scope 3 inventories and supplier engagement. The goal is to improve data quality over time and eventually receive primary data from your suppliers.
Expected Results of Scope 3 Emissions Inventory:
The expected results of a Scope 3 Emissions Inventory Analysis would be a pie chart indicating the top Scope 3 categories for your company. This information would offer a starting point for a deeper dive into the Purchased Goods and Services category.
This allows you to complete a more detailed and focused inventory that includes refined calculation methods. It also helps with starting a supplier engagement program for top suppliers.
Step 2: Train Sourcing and Procurement Teams
Sourcing and procurement teams are typically responsible for interactions with suppliers as well as energy purchased for the company. Providing robust training and education for sourcing and procurement teams is critical because they have the most knowledge of your company’s purchasing practices and direct relationships with the suppliers. Most companies overlook this step when creating their Scope 3 plan which can lead to gaps and significant delays in developing a complete inventory and collaborative supplier engagement strategy.
AUDIENCE:
This training is delivered directly to your company’s sourcing and procurement teams. Our team can deliver the sessions virtually via webinar or in person.
The goal of this training is to help your sourcing and procurement teams understand the importance of sustainable supply chains, their specific role in Scope 3 reduction, and how to engage the suppliers they communicate with to meet your company’s Scope 3 goals.
SSC collaborates with your company to ensure that all training materials are in alignment with your specific company, industry, supply chain, and sustainability goals.
HIGH-LEVEL TRAINING PLAN:
(3) 1-Hour Webinar Training Sessions or One Half-Day In-Person Training Including:
Option of Virtual Webinars or In-Person Sessions
Customized Training Specific to Your Company, Industry, and Supply Chain
Training Delivered by SSC Sustainability Experts
Interactive Exercises
Webinar Sessions are Recorded For Ongoing Use by Existing and New Employees
Copies of the Three Training Presentations in PDF Format for Future Reference by Existing and New Employees
Expected Benefits:
After completing SSC’s Scope 3 Training Academy, sourcing and procurement teams will be able to:
Confidently speak about Scope 3 emissions and your company’s activities for suppliers
Provide a roadmap to develop a supplier engagement strategy
Reduce costs through better resource utilization
Educate your procurement teams on overall sustainability strategies and grow your team
Step 3: Train Suppliers
Training and educating suppliers has become imperative as one of the top Scope 3 categories for most companies is Purchased Goods and Services. Typical approaches utilized by other companies include surveys and self-led education through recorded webinars and generic online tools.
The challenge with this type of data collection and training is that you don’t have visibility into whether or not your suppliers are taking action to measure and reduce their Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions and ultimately help your company achieve your Scope 3 reduction goals.
SSC recommends a collaborative approach with suppliers. This approach includes live education and training sessions delivered by SSC’s decarbonization experts. Our training sessions are accompanied by a comprehensive workbook and 5 additional hours of live support per module to ensure that suppliers are completing the necessary steps to measure, report, and reduce their Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions in alignment with the GHG Protocol.
AUDIENCE:
This training is delivered directly to your suppliers. A dedicated sustainability expert at SSC will be assigned to present each session live. A minimum of 20 suppliers is required in order to begin the training.
Each of our instructors can accommodate between 20 and 50 suppliers per module. We allow for participation from up to 3 people from the same supplier company making our maximum class size 150 participants total.
This size gives our instructors the ability to offer a total of 5 hours of additional support to suppliers throughout the module.
HIGH-LEVEL TRAINING PLAN:
3 Webinar-Based Training Modules Including:
4 Sessions in Each Module
4 Months per Module equaling 12 Months Total if Completing All Modules
Interactive Exercises
Workbooks and Resources
Software for Measuring, Compiling, and Reporting Scope 1, 2, and Eventually Scope 3 Emissions is Available for an Additional Fee
Assigned SSC Team Member for Suppliers to Contact with Questions
Expected Benefits:
After completing SSC’s Scope 3 Training Academy, suppliers will be able to:
Understand and measure their GHG emissions to provide primary data to your company.
Reduce their carbon footprint and help them meet Scope 3 reduction goals and science-based targets.
Utilize the workbook and course materials to help drive continuous improvement within their operations.
Develop sustainability goals, and carbon reduction goals, and measure their Scope 3 emissions to set their science-based targets.
