Re: Chocolate Cosmos
I was also surprised at all the negative feedback on chocolate cosmos. I
have had a plant for about 6 or 7 years that blooms every year. The plant
didn't do much the first year or two, but did bloom. Over the years, the
clump has gotten a little bigger and put on more bloom. It comes up a
little late in the spring in this climate, but certainly does earn its keep.
Mary
zone 9 I think--Eureka, California
----- Original Message -----
From: Janet Galpin and Oliver Patterson <decoy.farm@zetnet.co.uk>
To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: Chocolate Cosmos
> I am surprised at the negative feelings about this plant. In UK it's
> considered rather desirable because of the rich dark colouring of
> both the foliage and the flowers. It seems to be on the borderline of
> hardiness for us, sometimes survives the winter and sometimes
> doesn't. It comes very easily from cuttings and makes a good bushy
> floriferous plant in its first season. I try to take one or two
> cuttings in late summer each year and keep it going very easily that
> way. I don't think it sets seed but once you've got one plant you
> shouldn't need seed as you can bulk up so well from cuttings. Here I
> tend to treat Cosmos atrosanguineus just as I would treat border
> Penstemons which are also on the borderline of hardiness here.
>
> Janet Galpin, near Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK, Min temp: -8
>
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