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Feb 01
Cosmos Radiance
Cosmos ‘Radiance’ is a classic heirloom-style Cosmos bipinnatus cultivar with striking deep rose-pink flowers marked by a rich crimson-red eye around a bright yellow center. The two-tone pattern gives each flower considerably more depth than a solid pink cosmos while retaining the simple, open flower form that makes traditional garden cosmos so appealing. This is …
Feb 01
Cosmos Double Click Snowpuff
Cosmos ‘Double Click Snowpuff’ is a tall white-flowered Cosmos bipinnatus cultivar prized for its unusually fluffy semi-double to fully double blooms. Instead of the simple daisy-like flowers associated with traditional cosmos, Snowpuff produces layer upon layer of white florets that can resemble small pompons, ruffled carnations, or miniature peonies. Most flowers are pure white, although …
Feb 01
Sea Shells Cosmos
Sea Shells cosmos is one of the most unusual forms of Cosmos bipinnatus, instantly recognizable by its distinctive tubular, rolled, or fluted petals. Instead of lying flat like the petals of a traditional daisy-shaped cosmos, the ray florets curl inward to form narrow tubes that resemble tiny seashells, trumpets, or quills. The cultivar is normally …
Feb 01
Daydream Cosmos
Daydream cosmos is a tall, romantic cultivar of Cosmos bipinnatus known for its delicate white-to-blush-pink flowers with a deeper rosy-pink ring surrounding the golden-yellow center. The petals create a soft watercolor effect, appearing almost white around their outer edges before gradually deepening toward the middle of the bloom. Unlike heavily patterned cultivars such as Cosmos …
Feb 01
Cosmos Cupcakes Blush
Cosmos ‘Cupcakes Blush’ is one of the most unusual forms of Cosmos bipinnatus, producing large flowers whose outer petals are fused together into a pleated bowl or teacup shape. Rather than having separate flat petals like an ordinary cosmos, the flower looks almost as though it is sitting inside a delicate cupcake wrapper. The coloring …
Feb 01
Picotee Cosmos
Picotee cosmos is a striking form of Cosmos bipinnatus known for elegant white-to-pale-pink petals edged in deeper rose, magenta, or crimson. The contrasting border creates the classic “picotee” effect—a pale flower outlined by a darker color—as though each petal had been carefully painted around its edge. The best-known form is often sold as Sensation Picotee, …
Feb 01
Cosmos Dazzler
Cosmos ‘Dazzler’ is a tall, richly colored Cosmos bipinnatus cultivar known for its vivid deep carmine-red to crimson-pink flowers surrounding bright golden-yellow centers. The intense color gives it considerably more visual impact than pale pink or white garden cosmos while retaining the graceful single-flowered form and feathery foliage of the species. The Royal Horticultural Society …
Feb 01
Apricot Lemonade Cosmos
Apricot Lemonade cosmos is an unusually colored Cosmos bipinnatus cultivar prized for flowers that blend soft apricot, creamy lemon-yellow, blush pink, and pale lavender-mauve. The blooms can change noticeably as they mature, giving a single plant several subtly different pastel shades at the same time. Fresh flowers typically open in soft apricot tones with a …
Feb 01
Sensation Mix Cosmos
Sensation Mix cosmos is one of the classic tall forms of Cosmos bipinnatus, producing an old-fashioned mixture of large, single flowers in shades of white, pale pink, rose, lavender-pink, magenta, and crimson. Long before gardeners could choose peach Apricotta, pale-yellow Xanthos, tubular Sea Shells, or fluffy Double Click varieties, the Sensation Series helped establish the …
Feb 01
Cosmos Longipetiolatus
Cosmos longipetiolatus is a rare perennial species of cosmos native to Jalisco, Mexico. Unlike familiar garden cosmos such as Cosmos bipinnatus, which are typically grown as fast-growing annuals from seed, C. longipetiolatus is a wild perennial with underground tuberous roots, deeply divided foliage, and purple to reddish-purple flowers. The species has a remarkably limited known …
