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And ever since some plant explorer gathered seeds from the rocky wilds of Mexico and transplanted them into \"good garden soil,\" the world has known that they not only thrive, but enjoy our loamy, well-watered gardens.  And if they're not fertilized too much, they rapidly develop into large branching plants with deep green fern-like leaves. If you have a dry season, cosmos plants don't care, and revert to their drought-tolerant roots.  Best of all, no matter where they're growing, they cover themselves with more and more wide (up to 4\") daisy-like blooms from midsummer on. Only a hard frost stops the cosmos parade. They're fantastic as a blooming screen, or a background for shorter plants.  And the big bonus: a grand stand of this garden classic in late summer can provide months of long-stemmed cut flowers for a whole neighborhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Originals.\u003c\/strong\u003e There are scores of native cosmos species, most all native to the Americas, but there are only two that have entered our gardens in a big way:\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003e1.  \u003cem\u003eCosmos bipinnatus,\u003c\/em\u003e the big one.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is the granddaddy of them all. Hailing from Mexico, it's one of the few wildflowers that is so beautiful it was taken into gardens long ago just as it is in the wild.  The old name for this garden classic is simply \"Wild Cosmos\", \"Cosmos Sensation,\" or \"Sensation Mix,\" since the seeds always produce plants blooming in pastel pink, white, and deep red or maroon, all with bright yellow centers.  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And ever since some plant explorer gathered seeds from the rocky wilds of Mexico and transplanted them into \"good garden soil,\" the world has known that they not only thrive, but enjoy our loamy, well-watered gardens.  And if they're not fertilized too much, they rapidly develop into large branching plants with deep green fern-like leaves. If you have a dry season, cosmos plants don't care, and revert to their drought-tolerant roots.  Best of all, no matter where they're growing, they cover themselves with more and more wide (up to 4\") daisy-like blooms from midsummer on. Only a hard frost stops the cosmos parade. They're fantastic as a blooming screen, or a background for shorter plants.  And the big bonus: a grand stand of this garden classic in late summer can provide months of long-stemmed cut flowers for a whole neighborhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Originals.\u003c\/strong\u003e There are scores of native cosmos species, most all native to the Americas, but there are only two that have entered our gardens in a big way:\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003e1.  \u003cem\u003eCosmos bipinnatus,\u003c\/em\u003e the big one.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is the granddaddy of them all. Hailing from Mexico, it's one of the few wildflowers that is so beautiful it was taken into gardens long ago just as it is in the wild.  The old name for this garden classic is simply \"Wild Cosmos\", \"Cosmos Sensation,\" or \"Sensation Mix,\" since the seeds always produce plants blooming in pastel pink, white, and deep red or maroon, all with bright yellow centers.  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And ever since some plant explorer gathered seeds from the rocky wilds of Mexico and transplanted them into \"good garden soil,\" the world has known that they not only thrive, but enjoy our loamy, well-watered gardens.  And if they're not fertilized too much, they rapidly develop into large branching plants with deep green fern-like leaves. If you have a dry season, cosmos plants don't care, and revert to their drought-tolerant roots.  Best of all, no matter where they're growing, they cover themselves with more and more wide (up to 4\") daisy-like blooms from midsummer on. Only a hard frost stops the cosmos parade. They're fantastic as a blooming screen, or a background for shorter plants.  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However, if you'd prefer the plants lower, choose this strain.  Tall or not so tall, cosmos is one of the finest colormakers in any wildflower meadow and a big favorite for roadside plantings since these large flowers make such a colorful show. It's also one of the best flowers for cutting.  Heavy bloom begins in midsummer and plants and flowers constantly increase until killed by frost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Cosmos Craze: New rage for an old favorite.\u003c\/strong\u003e When it comes to annuals, probably no plant adds more color than cosmos.  Your grandmother grew it, today states plant masses  along roadsides, and everybody loves it.  (Birds love it too, especially goldfinches.)  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These are the tall, (to 6 or 7 ft.) graceful cosmos plants of your grandmother's garden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. \u003cem\u003eCosmos sulphureus,\u003c\/em\u003e the other cosmos.\u003c\/strong\u003e  This one's shorter, with more bushy plants and somewhat smaller yellow (to orange) semi-double flowers.  It's often called \"Sulphur Cosmos\" or \"Orange Cosmos,\" and an old variety with particularly glowing orange blooms is called \"Bright Lights.\"  The flowers of these often remind me of open-style marigolds on larger plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe New Cosmos.\u003c\/strong\u003e Today, the old standard \"mixture\" flowers of \u003cem\u003eC. bipinnatus\u003c\/em\u003e have been segregated, and the plants grow from only 3 to 5 feet.  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And ever since some plant explorer gathered seeds from the rocky wilds of Mexico and transplanted them into \"good garden soil,\" the world has known that they not only thrive, but enjoy our loamy, well-watered gardens.  And if they're not fertilized too much, they rapidly develop into large branching plants with deep green fern-like leaves. If you have a dry season, cosmos plants don't care, and revert to their drought-tolerant roots.  Best of all, no matter where they're growing, they cover themselves with more and more wide (up to 4\") daisy-like blooms from midsummer on. Only a hard frost stops the cosmos parade. They're fantastic as a blooming screen, or a background for shorter plants.  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