Flowers
Cosmos 'Double Click Cranberries'
Cosmos
A popular annual with masses of cheerful, vibrant flowers with frilly petals and delicate foliage. Flowering the year it is sown, Cosmos are easy and quick to grow, with a long flowering season. They also make excellent cut flowers.
- Plant type
- Half-Hardy Annual
- Position
- Full Sun
- Height
- 90cm
- Spread
- 30cm
Growing calendar
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Sow indoors
Sow outdoors
Flowering
Sowing & growing
Sow under glass March-May onto moist seed compost. Lightly cover with a sprinkling of soil and propagate at 21°C until germination. When seedlings are large enough to handle, transplant into pots and grow on. Acclimatise before planting out when frosts have passed. Direct sow May-June onto finely raked, moist soil.
Aftercare
Pinch out growing tips for bushy plants. Water well until plants have established. Protect young plants from late frosts if sowing directly outdoors. Deadhead for more flowers.
Gallery
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