AOL: How to Plant and Care for Cosmos—a Whimsical Cut Flower That Blooms All Summer Long It's easy to see why gardeners love cosmos. These delightful flowers burst with cheerful blooms in vibrant shades, from white to purple to pink. They're perfect in a meadow or English cottage garden, ...

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How to Plant and Care for Cosmos—a Whimsical Cut Flower That Blooms All Summer Long There is hardly any annual flower that is as easy to recognize as cosmos with its saucer-shaped pink, magenta, or white flowers and bright green, feathery foliage. Cosmos is a day-sensitive plant that ... Lynn Davis, Superior, an avid gardener and former president of the Lake Superior Master Gardeners Association. * Cosmos in newer pastel colors such as soft pink (Cosmos bipinnatus) and in chocolate ...

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M.B.: If you crave chocolate, give in to your instincts and buy another chocolate cosmos now because this perennial tends to sell out at the nurseries later on in the spring. I suspect your plant from ...