Cosmos

Description: Perennial plants in the family Asteraceae with 20-26 species.

Newest Review: ... that smells like chocolate , sorry chums you can not eat it . The chocolate Cosmos is a perennial but the others are annuals. The cosmos flower is good as a cut flower in your flower vase The cosmos is a flower that will be in bloom from late June till August /September when a lot of other garden flowers are beginning to fade. The Cosmos really brightens the garden, and although I have ... more

... noticed it apparently the cosmos attracts butterflies, I am growing some this year and shall take special note on sunny days to see if the butterflies do visit the flower for nectar I shall sow my seeds in May in a pot in the greenhouse keeping the seed...more

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Cosmos: A flower in my universe (362 words)
by - written on 04/05/08 (Very useful, 1314 readings)
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The Cosmos that I shall be describing today is the flower Cosmos, not the book by Carl Sagan, or the Universe. The Cosmos is a pretty garden flower of the summer. The cosmos is native to Mexico and southern America. It is a daisy like flower in the composite family Asteraceae. When I think of Cosmos I think of the delicate feathery fern like leaves which grow opposite each other on the stem. Depending on the variety the Cosmos will grow into a bushy plant 30-90 cm tall. The flowers growing to about 3 inches across are daisy like with petals around the yellow centre, some varieties are single some double. The cosmos can be red ,pink, gold, white ... Read the complete review