General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Trade name information:
Series: Sensation
Trade Name: Picotee
Cultivar name: 'Picotee'
Common names
  • Cosmos
  • Common Cosmos
  • Mexican Aster

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Location: My garden
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2022-08-29
Picotee Cosmos 2022
Location: Killeen,Tx
Date: 2022-09-26

Courtesy Outsidepride
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Location: Killeen,Tx
Date: 2021-05-29

Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Location: Killeen,Tx
Date: 2021-08-03
A unusual half-and-half picotee cosmos
Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2001-09-05
  • Uploaded by Joy

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
  • Uploaded by vic
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lovesblooms On April 9, 2016 Seeds sown
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