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Re[2]: Could you tell me....

     The only perennial cosmos I know is Chocolate Cosmos (C. atrosanguinea 
     or something - I'm at work, no references!).  It dies back in winter, 
     then returns.  Dark maroony flowers that smell like chocolate (really! 
     it's fabulous!).  Mine have all died <sigh>, from which I gather that 
     they must need better drainage than I can provide.  Maybe, if I find 
     one again (here, they cost $8 for a gallon pot!), I'll try keeping it 
     in a pot.  I don't think they're hardy but, again, without my 
     reference, I'm not sure.  Seems strange in a plant that dies back in 
     winter...
     
     Avril, Northern CA
     
     And blooming in my garden?  Cannas, daylilies, Impatiens balfouri, 
     Tagetes lemonnii, Penstemon, pineapple and Mexican sages, roses, 
     morning glory, Thai basil (it's so beautiful, I always let some go to 
     seed and get it next year, same with peppers, lettuce and tomatoes), 
     Althea, Coreopsis sunbeam, Verbena, Philadelphus mexicanus, Thymes, 
     bougainvillea, Honeysuckle, Jasmine, Spiderwort, and on and on.


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Subject: Re: Could you tell me....
Author:  perennials@mallorn.com at Internet
Date:    9/10/97 9:41 AM


Lori Nero wrote:
> 
> I have been lurking for awhile now and have finally got the guts up to ask two
> question, since you all seem to be very knowledgeable about perennials and I 
am
     
> just trying to digest it all.
> 
> 1.  Are cosmos an annual, perennial or biennial  and
> 2.  I keep seeing a flower that is in bloom now in my area.  It seems to grow 
> in a clump with four or five spikes coming from the clump. The flower is
> usually bright pink, lavender with shading of white. It is like a big ball 
that
     
> has dispersed apart. The flower is very spatial and airy looking. I can't seem
> to find them in any catalogs.
> 
> TIA!
> 
> Lori
> Trying so hard to learn
> and having fun doing it!
> Zone 6
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Good morning Lori
	All I have ever heard of is cosmos bipinnatus and sulphureus so I 
looked in Wyman's Gardening Encyclopedia and that is all they list. They 
are both annuals.
	By the way, I think Wyman's is a great book for beginners and for 
people more advanced.
Bob
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