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Feb 03
Red Anemone Flowers: Meaning, Varieties & Growing Guide
Red anemone flowers are among the most dramatic members of the anemone family. Their brilliant scarlet, crimson, and cherry-red flowers often surround deep purple or nearly black centers, producing a contrast that stands out in spring borders, containers, cottage gardens, and cut-flower arrangements. Most of the vivid red anemones grown in gardens belong to Anemone …
Feb 01
Cosmos Double Click Rose Bon Bon
Cosmos ‘Double Click Rose Bon Bon’ is a tall, romantic garden cosmos prized for its fluffy rose-pink flowers. Unlike the simple daisy-like blooms most people associate with cosmos, this cultivar produces a mixture of fully double and semi-double flowers, creating a ruffled appearance that can resemble small pompons or loose garden roses. The flowers are …
Feb 01
Cosmos Capriola
Cosmos ‘Capriola’ is a compact, early-flowering Cosmos bipinnatus cultivar with one of the most distinctive color patterns in the cosmos family. Its large white flowers are edged with rosy red and marked with a deeper crimson to purple-red ring around the golden-yellow center, giving each bloom a hand-painted appearance. Some flowers also develop a small …
Feb 01
Cosmos Sweet Sixteen
Cosmos ‘Sweet Sixteen’ is a romantic bicolor Cosmos bipinnatus cultivar with soft pink-to-white flowers, darker rosy-pink edges, and a distinctive frilled center. While most cosmos have a simple row of broad petals surrounding an open yellow disk, ‘Sweet Sixteen’ adds a smaller inner ring of narrow petals that gives many of its flowers a charming …
Feb 01
Cosmos Velouette
Cosmos ‘Velouette’ is one of the most striking bicolor varieties of Cosmos bipinnatus, producing flowers patterned in deep crimson, burgundy-red, and white. No two blooms necessarily look exactly alike. Some flowers are predominantly dark crimson with bold white stripes, while others are nearly white with narrow wine-red margins or splashes of color. That variability is …
Feb 01
Cosmos Sonata
Cosmos ‘Sonata’ is a compact series of Cosmos bipinnatus developed for gardeners who love the airy foliage and daisy-like flowers of traditional cosmos but do not have room for plants that tower 4 or 5 feet above the garden. Most modern Sonata cosmos grow to roughly 18 to 24 inches tall, making them excellent for …
Feb 01
Cosmos Apollo
Cosmos ‘Apollo’ is a compact series of Cosmos bipinnatus developed to combine the large, airy flowers of traditional garden cosmos with a shorter, bushier plant that fits easily into borders, containers, cottage gardens, and smaller cutting gardens. The flowers are exceptionally large for a compact cosmos, reaching approximately 4 inches across, with broad overlapping petals …
Feb 01
Cosmos Xanthos
Cosmos ‘Xanthos’ is an unusual compact Cosmos bipinnatus cultivar prized for its delicate soft lemon-yellow flowers. That color immediately sets it apart from the pink, crimson, and white flowers traditionally associated with garden cosmos. The flowers are single and daisy-like, typically around 2 to 2½ inches across, with pale yellow petals surrounding a golden center. …
Feb 01
Cosmos Apricotta
Cosmos ‘Apricotta’ is a distinctive Cosmos bipinnatus cultivar with softly colored flowers that blend apricot, peach, blush pink, and rose. Its warm pastel coloring is unusual among garden cosmos, which are more commonly associated with white, bright pink, magenta, and crimson. The flowers are mostly single, measuring roughly 2½ to 3 inches across, with broad …
Feb 01
Cosmos Rubenza
Cosmos ‘Rubenza’ is a distinctive Cosmos bipinnatus cultivar known for flowers that change color as they mature. Newly opened blooms begin in rich cranberry, ruby, or dark wine-red shades, then gradually soften to antique rose and warm dusty pink. Because flowers of different ages remain open on the plant at the same time, a single …
