Re: Chocolate Cosmos


>     <<<Well, now y'all have me worried.  I hope Janice's book is right,
>     and chocolate cosmos is hardy to zone 7. >>>>
>
>     Nancy,
>
>     I believe that cosmos are not hardy at all, but reseed (like crazy)
>     and come again next year. At least that what happens in my yard...I
>     don't know about higher zones. I have seen them live more than one
>     year in zone 11 (subtropical).
>
>     Laurie
>     Medford, MA
>     zone 6

Laurie, unlike other cosmos, chocolate cosmos are sterile so they produce
no viable seed regardless of the zone...

Nan
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11

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