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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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Common names
  • Cosmos
  • Common Cosmos
  • Mexican Aster
  • Cosmea

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Uploaded by Pinestraw
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-08-20
Location: Cascade of Time Garden, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-01

Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-9-11
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-08-21

 Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-07-14
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2014-07-06
Uploaded by threegardeners
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2014-07-06
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2014-07-06

Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
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Comments:
  • Posted by janelp_lee (Toronto, Ontario - Zone 6a) on Dec 30, 2019 12:40 PM concerning plant:
    The double-flowered gene is not very stable. I have purchased the seed packet and have seen unsatisfactory results. Lots of them are not double, some are barely semi-double.

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