Dancing Petticoats Specialty Cosmos Flower Seeds

Cosmos - Dancing petticoats - Cosmos bipinnatus Annual - Exclusive - cut flower cosmos mix includes the prettiest specialties Roll-petaled Seashells, ruffled semi-double Psyche, and vigorous tetraploid Versailles in a luscious array of colors. Soil & Water: Prefers well worked garden soil in full sun. Mature plants can handle dry conditions, but young plants must receive sufficient moisture to establish. Planting & Growing: Sow indoors or outside if conditions allow. Space seed 1-2 inches apart and 1/2" deep. Keep moist until emerge and thin to 8" apart when large enough.

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Cosmos bipinnatus
• Plant type: Annual
• Growth habit: Upright
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Flower character: Annual - Exclusive - cut flower cosmos mix includes the prettiest specialties Roll-petaled Seashells, ruffled semi-double Psyche, and vigorous tetraploid Versailles in a luscious array of colors.
• Recorded feature: Good Cut Flower
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: above 50°F
• Planting Depth: 1/2"
• Germination: 5-10 Days
• Height At Maturity: 3-4'
• Sun/Shade: Full Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 8"

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Dancing Petticoats Specialty Cosmos Flower and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.

Place Dancing Petticoats Specialty Cosmos Flower where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.

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