Easy-care Cosmos Flowers.
Asteraceae (Compositae) family.
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| There are few plants that grow as rapidly as cosmos and, fewer still, offer such graceful flowers. Useful in any garden, these carefree, airy plants add lightness and color to borders and wildflower plantings. Feathery foliage are topped with good-sized, daisy like flowers. Sow seeds in a sunny area after all danger of frost is past. Seed may be started indoors 3-4 weeks before the last frost. Lightly cover seed and keep evenly moist. Plants flower earlier and more freely if soil is fairly dry and not particularly fertile. Plants may require staking. | |
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Sensation strain (C. bipinnatus) Annual. Early flowering 4 to 5-foot plants with huge flowers with broad fluted petals in a variety of colors. Finely cut foliage. Heat resistant. *AAS winner. |
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Pied Piper Red (C. bipinnatus) Life cycle: Annual. Use - Cut flower back of borders. |
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Cosmos Cosmic Orange (C. sulphureus) Loaded with 2-inch double and semi-double blooms all summer long on well-branched 12- to 22-inch plants. Heat and pest-resistant, Cosmic thrives on neglect, spreading 12 to 17 inches wide even in poor, dry soils. *AAS yr. 2000 and FQ winner. |
*AAS -- All American Selection FQ -- Fleuroselect Quality Winner. All images by D. L. Pietryka
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Date this page was last modified 02/23/08