Cosmos Flower Zone

If you are growing cosmos from seeds be mindful that it takes about 7 weeks to first bloom.

Cosmos flower zone. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 and 10. Cosmos tolerates a wide range of soil types including poor soil. The leaves grow opposite and are either deeply lobed pinnate or bipinnate and feathery depending on the variety.

Others such as the chocolate cosmos cosmos atrosanguineus are perennials in u s. Cosmos flowers can tolerate warm dry weather. Cosmos sulphureus cosmos sulphureus produces yellow.

Cosmos plants cosmos bipinnatus are an essential for many summer gardens reaching varying heights and in many colors adding frilly texture to the flower bed growing cosmos is simple and cosmos flower care is easy and rewarding when single or double blooms appear on stems reaching 1 to 4 feet. Plants need even moisture to get started but mature cosmos are drought tolerant. After that though your flowers should continue to bloom until the next frost.

Plants produce more and larger flowers however if they are watered regularly. They are even drought tolerant. Cosmos in its annual form is a native of mexico.

Since few pests bother cosmos the plants look good all season. Depending on the type of flower cosmos can grow anywhere between 18 to 60 inches tall.