Pastel Cosmos Collection
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
Free delivery when you spend over £100
Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
Like a bag of sugared almonds, both growing in a pair of pots in our Dutch Yard, and filling a corner of our cutting garden, this quartet of cosmos reigned supreme in our trials last summer
- Cosmos bipinnatus 'Xanthos'
- Cosmos bipinnatus 'Apricotta'
- Cosmos bipinnatus 'Candy Stripe'
- Cosmos bipinnatus 'Fizzy Rose Picotee'
On occasion we may need to send you an alternative variety to the one shown, which will be selected by our growing team to ensure its suitability. It will be of equal or greater value to the original. Please contact our customer service team if there are any problems.
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
Product details
- Type
- Half-Hardy Annual
- Position
- Cutting Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- July - October
- Height
- 90cm (36in)
- Common name
- Mexican Aster
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 45cm (18in)
- Cultivation
- Best sown under cover in April but can be direct sown in May. Grow seedlings on in individual pots or modules until large enough to plant out. Gradually harden off before planting out after all risk of frost has passed. Thin to 45cm (18in).
Care Tips
Pinch out tips at 15-20cm (8in) to encourage bushier plants. Stake and tie cosmos plants if necessary during the growing season, water regularly and dead-head to prolong the flowering season.
Flowering Time
July - October
