Cosmos PSYCHE Mix Beautiful 4” Frilly Double Petals 3-4’ High Non-GMO 50 Seeds.

Cosmos PSYCHE Mix 2-4”
Frilly Double Petals 3-4’ High Non-GMO 50 Seeds

Pure
Seed  – Non-GMO – No Filler

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Our Psyche Mixture is comprised of large,
4″ flowers with a center tuft of spiky petaloid segments ranging from
white to pink to magenta.

Height: 3′ to 4½’

A frilly and showy cosmos, “Psyche” mix is
renowned for its stunning array of colors and surprisingly big blooms.

Plant Cosmos Psyche Mix in just about any
climate and soil conditions.

A lovely mixture of unusual cosmos flowers that
is very easy to establish from seed.

FAST FACTS

• Name:
  Cosmos Seeds – Psyche Mix
• Botanical
  Name:      Cosmos bipinnatus
• Life
  Cycle:     Annual
• Light
  Requirement:  Full Sun
• Planting
  Season:     Spring
• Plant
  Type:   2-4-inch Frilly Double Ring of Petals, Saucer-Shaped
  Daisy-like Blooms, Fern-like Pinnatisect Leaf Shape
• Features:     
  Open Pollinated, Attracts Pollinators, Easy to Grow & Maintain, Fast
  Growing, Poor Soil Tolerant, Extended Bloom Time, Cut Flower Garden
• Color:
  Pink, White, Red
• Blooms:       
  Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall
• Days
  to Maturity:     60-90 Days
• Plant
  Height: 32 inches
• Plant
  Spacing:         9-12 inches
• Planting
  Depth:       1/4 inch
• Sowing
  Method:      Direct Sow
• Cold
  Stratification:   No
• Hardiness
  Zones:    2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
• Ships:
  Year Round

THE COSMOS CRAZE

New rage for an old favorite. 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.) But there’s always been one big
problem–it’s tall, sometimes very tall–up to 6 or 7 feet.

In the right setting, say a wildflower meadow in
late summer, nothing’s more beautiful than a sea of these big ferny plants
waving in the wind, loaded with big blooms in pink, white and maroon. But in
gardens, most people prefer shorter flowers. So for awhile, some relegated the
“tall” cosmos to the group that’s usually called “old fashioned
flowers”–beautiful, surely, but a bit tall and rangy for our more
sophisticated flower borders today.

Today, there are all sorts of variations on the
originals, some with new-style flowers, and others with simply the classic
blooms on shorter plants. All require full sun, and are among the simplest
plants on the planet to grow from seed. By the way, even the seeds of cosmos
are distinctive; they look like miniature pine needles.

The originals are wildflowers, of course, and
are native to our own southwest and more commonly, Mexico. This tells you
cosmos don’t mind hot dry, conditions. In fact, some consider cosmos desert
plants. But they’re incredibly adaptable. 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.

The Originals. 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:

1. Cosmos bipinnatus, the big one. 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. These are the tall, (to 6 or 7 ft.) graceful
cosmos plants of your grandmother’s garden.

2. Cosmos sulphureus, the other cosmos. 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.

The New Cosmos. Today, the old standard
“mixture” flowers of C. bipinnatus have been segregated, and the
plants grow from only 3 to 5 feet. So if you particularly like the old pastel
pinks, there’s “Pinkie,” for the pure white, “Purity,” and
for the old deep rose or maroon, “Radiance.” Even though the plants
are shorter, all the flowers are still big and beautiful with the familiar
bright yellow centers. And this new group doesn’t stop with the old basic
colors. “Gloria” is a beauty in pink with red-flared centers. And
“Daydream” gives you the old pastel pink, but with a darker center
flare and darker pink veins all through the petals.

If 3-5 feet is still too tall for you, choose
the “Dwarf Cosmos Mix” which gives you all three of the old mixture
colors at just 2 to 4 ft. And yes, the flowers are still full size.

Want more variety?

Our PSYCHE Mix (above) is a frilly and showy
cosmos, “Psyche” mix is renowned for its stunning array of colors and
surprisingly big blooms. Plant Cosmos Psyche Mix in just about any climate and
soil conditions. A lovely mixture of unusual cosmos flowers that is very easy
to establish from seed.

More variety? Pick “Dazzler” and enjoy
unique blunt-tipped daisies in true red, still with the dazzling yellow center,
on plants to 5 ft. Then there’s the most unusual of all, “Seashells,”
a big hit with cosmos lovers–its hot pink petals are curled upward at the
edges, giving the blooms a frilly look.

Daisy lovers?  Picotee gives you full-size
daisy blooms in white with the end of each petal looking as though it’s been
dipped into a rich red paint–and all that jazz is on plants never over 4 feet.
This one, like all the others, creates spectacular color in the garden, and
even more in a vase.

And for those Cosmos LOVERS just starting out
try a bunch of them with one mix, the Crazy for Cosmos Mix featuring 10
different varieties of Cosmos!  So many of them at once!.

HOW TO GROW COSMOS FROM SEEDS

This Mexico native is one of the simplest
flowers to grow, and they are suitable for all zones. Since they reseed
themselves easily, they make perfect additions to wildflower meadows or
naturalized areas. Children will love planting their cosmos seeds and watching
them grow taller than they are!

Sow your Cosmos seeds in the full sun to partial
shade. As cosmos flowers are very adaptable, they can thrive in average to poor
soil quality, and they are tolerant to dry conditions. Scatter cosmos seeds
outdoors after there is no longer a danger for frost. Seeds can be covered ¼
inch since they do not need light to germinate. Germination will usually occur
in just 3 to 5 days, but it can take up to 2 weeks.

Once started, cosmoses require virtually no
attention. You can add a general purpose fertilizer once or twice a season. If
a plant grows very tall and is not planted in a wind protected area, it may
require staking. If you want blooms all summer long, dead head the old blooms.

SEED STORING

• Store
  your seeds in a cool, dry and dark location.
• Most
  seeds have a long shelf life, but heat and moisture will cut that life
  short.
• Dedicate
  a drawer or cabinet to storing your seeds where you can also house your
  gardening journal close at hand for dreaming, planning and preparing.

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