Cosmos RADIANCE Heirloom Pink / Deep Red Blooms 3-5’ Tall Non-GMO 50 Seeds

Cosmos RADIANCE Heirloom Pink/Deep Red 3-5’ Tall Non-GMO
50 Seeds

  100 % PureSeed – No Filler – Non GMO

 PRODUCT INFORMATION

• “Radiance” brings us the rich deep red
  of the wild cosmos, with the brilliant contrast of its yellow center–truly a
  garden treasure, and now on plants just 3 to 5 feet.
• Like all the others, it’s a snap to grow from
  seed, and you’ll have big bloom from midsummer right up until frost..
• Radiance is an exuberantly colored heirloom cosmos. Red-purple eyes highlight the brilliant deep rose-pink, 3-4 in. flowers. The heavy blooming, self cleaning, easy to grow plants reach 3-5 ft. … 
• Radiance cosmos thrives in hot weather and poor soil, and tolerates drought.

FAST FACTS

• Common Name: Cosmos
• Botanical Name: Cosmos bipinnatus
• Seed Life Cycle       :
  Annual
• Light Requirements: Full Sun, Half Sun / Half
  Shade
• Flower Color :
  Pink, Red
• Bloom Time: Summer to fall
• Mature Height: 36-60″ tall
• Wildflower Mix or Specie: Species
• Ships As: Seed
• Ideal Region  :
  Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, West, Southwest, Pacific Northwest
• Zones : 2,
  3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
• Non-GMO     :
  Yes
• Native To: American southwest and Mexico
• Soil Type: Sandy Soil, Loamy Soil, Drought/Dry
  Soil
• Soil Moisture: Dry, Average, Well Draining
• Advantages: Easy To Grow, Attract Butterflies,
  Bee Friendly, Pest / Disease Resistant, Low Maintenance, Good For Cut Flowers,
  Good For Containers, Extended Bloom Time (more than 4 weeks), Great For Mass
  Plantings

THE COSMOS CRAZE

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.

Enter the hybridizers. With all that color and
such ease of care to work with, they have had a heyday with cosmos. 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 grandstand
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? 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.

And here’s my favorite: “Picotee.” It
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.

How to Plant & Grow Cosmos Flowers 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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