RE: Re: Cosmos

My orange cosmos reseed each year.  The other colors don't as well.  I
pinch off the seeds and save them for spots I want them to grow in the
garden.  The removal of the seeds seems to keep them blooming.  In the
fall, I like arrangements of Iron Weed, Golden Rod and orange cosmos.  If
anybody wants some of these seeds, let me know.  Oh, yes, after a month of
dry, hot weather, we had over two inches of rain this past week.  Yes!!! 


> [Original Message]
> From: andreah <andreah@hargray.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 8/29/2008 6:18:17 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Re: Cosmos
>
> Jesse maybe you should pinch them back when they are young-anyone ever
tried 
> that with cosmos? I love them but have not had good luck with them.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pam - Purple Prince (?) Zinnias
>
>
> > Ya know...I just don't know WHAT varieties they are Tricia...sorry. 
Some
> > are tall, and some are medium height.  I just saw some seeds that I
liked 
> > at
> > Lowes one day and flung them out there ( I know...I'll never make a good
> > master gardner....)
> > And yes, I have tried the tomato cages, and they DO work, just looks
kind 
> > of
> > shabby until they get big enough..ya know?  I have some of those really 
> > tall
> > stakes with a circle at the top that helps hold mine in place.  I think
I
> > got them from Gardener's Supply.
> >
> >
> > On 8/28/08, Patricia Dickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> What varieties do you plant?  I love the tall white ones!
> >> I have read that you can plant some tall plants in tomato cages then as
> >> they
> >> grow the foliage hides the tomato cage.  Have you ever tried that?
> >> Tricia
> >>
> >> --- On Thu, 8/28/08, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pam - Purple Prince (?) Zinnias
> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008, 1:07 PM
> >>
> >> ALL of the cosmos that I have in my garden this year, were self-seeded 
> >> from
> >> last year.  They do GREAT around here.  The only drawback (for me) is 
> >> that
> >> they grow so TALL sometimes, they fall over.  The wind here is pretty
> >> strong....and I have to support them.  So when I DO actually throw
seeds
> >> out
> >> there for them, I make sure they are growing where they are a little
more
> >> protected from the winds.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8/28/08, Patricia Dickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I need to try to be better about seeding in the spring.  I also love
> >> cosmos
> >> > and wish they would come back without having to reseed.
> >> > Do you have any luck with cosmos?
> >> >
> >> > --- On Thu, 8/28/08, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > From: Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com>
> >> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pam - Purple Prince (?) Zinnias
> >> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> > Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008, 8:19 AM
> >> >
> >> > Really Tricia?  Most of my zinnias reseed to a small degree....they
> >> don't
> >> > just go "nuts" on me, but I always have some come back.  I have
> >> some
> >> > that
> >> > pop up in the cracks of the cement on my back porch and I gently pull
> >> them
> >> > up after a rain and transplant them in the garden.  But usually, I
> >> scatter
> >> > zinnia seeds in the spring, and then again in the middle of summer
> >> because
> >> > powdery mildew gets to the first ones and they look horrible.  So by 
> >> > the
> >> > time I pull them up, the second crop is about to bloom.
> >> >
> >> > I will say this...before I pull up the unsightly ones...I cut the
seed
> >> > heads
> >> > or dead flowers off and toss them in my garden.  They end up getting
> >> > mulched
> >> > over during the summer and that's probably why mine reseed......plus,
> >> > I'm
> >> > sure the birds help with that too.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 8/27/08, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > No problem.  Will have some shortly!!
> >> > >
> >> > > On 8/27/08, andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Me too Pam since I'm actually somewhere that has sun if you
> >> > don't mind.
> >> > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Dickson"
> >> <
> >> > > > pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
> >> > > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:04 PM
> >> > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pam - Purple Prince (?) Zinnias
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Pam,
> >> > > >> I would love to try some of your Zinnias if you have extra
> >> this
> >> > fall.  I
> >> > > >> love
> >> > > >> zinnia but never have ever had one to reseed for me.  Every
> >> year
> >> > I try
> >> > > to
> >> > > >> find
> >> > > >> a big one that will grow for me, but never have found one
> >> like
> >> > you
> >> > > >> describe.
> >> > > >> Tricia
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> --- On Wed, 8/27/08, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> From: Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> >> > > >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pam - Purple Prince (?) Zinnias
> >> > > >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> > > >> Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 4:04 PM
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> kinda how I felt about it - LOL
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> On 8/27/08, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >>>
> >> > > >>> They can spread wherever they WANT to and I'll be
> >> O.K.
> >> > with that.
> >> > > >>>
> >> > > >>>
> >> > > >>>
> >> > > >>> On 8/27/08, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > > >>> >
> >> > > >>> > LOL - yes ma'am that is the correct name.
> >> > Aren't they great?
> >> > > >>> > And they reseed so prolifically (like 4
> >> o'clocks)
> >> > that I
> >> > > >>>
> >> > > >> haven't had to
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >>> > replant them since the first year.  That's why
> >> I
> >> > always have lots
> >> > > >>>
> >> > > >> of
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >>> seeds
> >> > > >>> > to share.  Be aware they travel so they may pop up
> >> here
> >> > and there all
> >> > > >>> over
> >> > > >>> > the property.  Must be the birds is all I can
> >> figure.
> >> > > >>> >
> >> > > >>> >
> >> > > >>> > On 8/27/08, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> > > >>> > >
> >> > > >>> > > Pam, those seeds you gave me for the Purple
> >> Prince
> >> > zinnias (was
> >> > > >>>
> >> > > >> that
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >>> the
> >> > > >>> > > correct name?) - OMG...I picked a beautiful
> >> one to
> >> > take to work
> >> > > >>>
> >> > > >> today,
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >>> it
> >> > > >>> > > is
> >> > > >>> > > FIVE inches across and so lush looking.  I
> >> want to
> >> > ALWAYS have
> >> > > >>>
> >> > > >> this in
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >>> my
> >> > > >>> > > garden.....thank you so much.
> >> > > >>> > > Sometimes my zinnias get tall...and not so
> >> > full...but these are
> >> > > >>>
> >> > > >> just
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >>> > > awesome.
> >> > > >>> > >
> >> > > >>> > > PETUNIAS - anybody know a source where I can
> >> find
> >> > the good,
> >> > > >>> > old-fashioned,
> >> > > >>> > > petunias that really mound and smell so good.
> >> > I'm not
> >> > > >>>
> >> > > >> talking about
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >>> the
> >> > > >>> > > "wave" kind...these are the ones my
> >> > grandmother used
> >> > > >>>
> >> > > >> to grow in her
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >>> > > gardens.  Dark purple, and some were
> >> white...and
> >> > they had the
> >> > > >>>
> >> > > >> most
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >>> > HEAVENLY
> >> > > >>> > > smell...and really flourished in the worst
> >> kind of
> >> > dirt and
> >> > > >>>
> >> > > >> heat......
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >>> > >
> >> > > >>> > > Looking for some low maintenance - high impact
> >> > plants.
> >> > > >>> > >
> >> > > >>> > > --
> >> > > >>> > > Jesse R. Bell
> >> > > >>> > >
> >> > > >>> > >
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