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COSMOS
Commonly known as Chocolate plant, Cosmea
The chocolatey one is the perennial atrosanguineus, syn Bidens atrosanguinea and will do well in containers.
Genus of about 25 species of erect to spreading, freely branching annuals and perennials found in scrub and meadows in southern USA and Central America.
Further Reading....
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HerbaceousEarly in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.Annuals and perennials. Annuals grown for their large, showy flowerheads.
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Full sun
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Additional Features
Pests & DiseasesAphids, slugs, grey mould.
Place of originSouthern United States, Central America. -
Soil ConditionsFertile moist well-drained soil
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WildlifeButterfly friendly
Cosmos - Care Guide
Herbaceous Plants - Video Collection
- Dividing Herbaceous Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring Planting Osteospermums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing Summer Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing summer flowering Hemerocallis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Summer propagation - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Self-seeding aquilegia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Supporting Plants - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading meconopsis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading Delphiniums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Feeding herbaceous peonies - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Overpotting Problems - Video Tip ondemand_video
Tubers - Care Guide
Buy Varieties of COSMOS
COSMOS atrosanguineus 'Black Bidens'
Black cosmos, Chocolate plant
chocolate scented crimson-black single flowers borne on stiff stems
COSMOS atrosanguineus 'Chocamocha'
Black cosmos, Chocolate plant
this newly bred variety produces even more of a chocolate scent and has a more compact habit
