Cosmos

Common name

Cosmos

Botanical name

Cosmos bipinnatus

Variety

na

Zone

Grow as an annual.

Light

Sun

Height

2-5' (0.5-1.5 m)

Habit

Upright

Feed

Use all-purpose

Water

1-2 times per week

Bloom Color

Mix

Bloom Time

Summer-fall

Maintenance

Remove spent blooms

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About

Large, delicate flowers and lacy, fernlike foliage make a great addition to the middle of the flower bed or cutting garden. Eye-catching along walls or fences. Spent flowers may be removed to encourage rebloom, but allow some to go to seed as cosmos readily self-seeds. Tolerates poor, dry soil.

Companion Plants

Dusty Miller