Cosmos Sensation Picotee

White flowers delicately edged with shades of magenta pink and long slender stalks with  bright green foliage. These heavy flowering, easy to grow  flowers attract attention in any garden.

They are marginally frost-hardy and self seed freely. Cosmos Sensation Picotee will thrive in hot weather and poor soil, and will tolerate drought.

Blooms attract birds, bees, and butterflies and are excellent cut flower. Children will love planting their cosmos seeds and watching them grow taller than they are!

Fairly pest-free and low maintenance, add this charming plant to the landscape and you will be rewarded with a graceful visual impact in the garden. Perfect for the backs of sunny borders.

Sow your Cosmos seeds in the full sun to partial shade. As cosmos flowers are very adaptable, they can thrive in average to poor soil quality, and they are tolerant to dry conditions.

Scatter the seeds outdoors and cover with half a centimeter of soil,  as they do not need light to germinate. Germination will usually occur in just 3 to 5 days, but it can take up to 2 weeks.

Once started, they will require virtually no attention. You can add a general purpose fertilizer once or twice a season. If a plant grows very tall and is not planted in a wind protected area, it may require staking.

If you want blooms all summer long, dead head the old blooms.

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