Cosmos Carmine

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Description


Product information



  • Ideal for In ground in Sunny areas

  • Plant between Spring / Summer

  • Flowering period – April – August

  • Instructions for planting – Water well before planting. Gently remove plants from their pots and plant so that the top of the rootball is just below the soil surface. Firm them down and water well.

  • After planting care instructions – Deadheading should be carried out regularly to prolong flowering


Features and benefits


Cosmos Apollo can grow up to 60cm in height, with green leaves and from summer into autumn will have bright daisy-like flowers up to 10cm in diameter, with pretty yellow centres.


























































Variety


Carmine


Latin name


Cosmos bipinnatus


Flower colour


Pink


Attracts pollinators


Attracts pollinators


Scented


Unscented


Flowering period


April – August


Planting period


Spring / Summer


Life span


Annual


Plant position


Sunny areas


Eventual growth height range


1.0-1.5m


Eventual growth spread range


0.1-0.5m


Planting distance


300mm


Soil type


Any type of soil


Soil moisture


Well drained


Soil pH


Any


Maintenance required


Low


Plant hardiness type


Frost tender


Hardiness


H3 – Hardy in coastal & relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1°C)