Cosmos bipinnatus 'All Sorts Mix'
Cosmea 'All Sorts Mix'
Cosmos are half-hardy annuals which flower in summer to early autumn until the first frosts. Brightly coloured, saucer shaped flowers are numerous and daisy-like and sit above deeply cut, fern-like foliage. The flowers come in a range of colours - reds, yellows, oranges, pinks and whites. 'All Sorts Mix' is a commercial mix of pink, red and white flowers - either striped or picotee - and can produce single, double or semi-double flowers.
Contributed by @pelly
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Full sun
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Very little water
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Not Frost hardy
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Cosmea 'All Sorts Mix'
Latin name
Cosmos bipinnatus 'All Sorts Mix'
type
Annual
family
Asteraceae
ph
6.6 - 7.8 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.50 M
1.20 M
Cosmos bipinnatus 'All Sorts Mix'
Cosmos are half-hardy annuals which flower in summer to early autumn until the first frosts. Brightly coloured, saucer shaped flowers are numerous and daisy-like and sit above deeply cut, fern-like foliage. The flowers come in a range of colours - reds, yellows, oranges, pinks and whites. 'All Sorts Mix' is a commercial mix of pink, red and white flowers - either striped or picotee - and can produce single, double or semi-double flowers.
Flowering
From Mid Summer TO Mid Autumn
Flowering season is from mid summer to the first frosts
Planting
From Late Spring TO Early Summer
Plants can be put into the flowering position as soon as all frosts have gone
Propagating by seed
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Seeds can be sown in trays of compost in early Spring, to be put out when all frosts have gone
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