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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Cut Flower
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Other: Perennial varieties of Cosmos are rhizomes and can be propagated by division
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Cosmos

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Location: Pennsylvania
Date: 2019-10-11
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Cupcakes Mix'
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2017-06-19
Location: Northern New Jersey
Date: 2020-08-31
Location: Northern New Jersey
Date: 2020-08-31

Date: 2022-05-05

Photo courtesy of Select Seeds.
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Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
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