Re: Chocolate Cosmos
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Chocolate Cosmos
- From: D* M*
- Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 10:57:09 -0500
>Jean,
>
>As far as I understand it, Cosmos atrosanguineus is a tender perennial.
>It will propagate from stem and root cutting, but at our nursery we always
>buy them from a micropropagation source.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Tracy Wilson. Cornwall.
It's my understanding that the Chocolate Cosmos (C.atrosanguineus)
available commercially is actually a clone, obtained from a single
collected individual and being self-sterile, never produces any viable
seed.
Don Martinson
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee suburb)
USDA Zone 5 (-10 to -20F)
AHS Heat Zone #4, Map at: ( http://www.suite101.com/userfiles/79/hz1024.jpg )
l*@execpc.com
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