50+ Seeds| Cupcake White Cosmos Seeds - Colorful Annual Flower Easy to Grow Pollinator Friendly for Garden Borders Containers and Cut Flowers , Drought Tolerant, Cut Flower, Attracts bees & butterflies #L008 ^Sale

Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) are fast-growing, low-maintenance annuals that brighten any garden with their daisy-like flowers in shades of pink, white, and crimson. With tall airy stems and feathery foliage, Cosmos add a wildflower charm to borders, beds, and containers. They thrive in poor soil, attract bees and butterflies, and make excellent cut flowers for long-lasting arrangements.

Seed Information

• Type: Flower Seeds

• Common Name: Cosmos

• Genus: Cosmos

• Life Cycle: Annual

• Features: Easy to grow, colorful daisy-like blooms, drought tolerant once mature, pollinator friendly, great for cut flowers

• Season of Interest: Summer through fall

• Indoor/Outdoor: Outdoor

• Sunlight: Full sun

• Cultivating Difficulty: Easy

• Watering: Light to moderate

• Climate: Temperate, Mediterranean, Humid Subtropical, Semiarid

• Growth Habit: Upright, 2–5 ft tall, feathery foliage

• Soil Type: Well-draining, tolerates poor soil

• Soil pH: 6.0–7.0

• Planting Time: Spring after last frost

Grow Instructions

• When to Plant: Direct sow outdoors after frost danger has passed; or start indoors 4–6 weeks early

• Soil: Well-draining soil, low fertility is best

• Sunlight: Full sun (6+ hours daily)

• Watering: Light to moderate, avoid overwatering

• Spacing: 12–18 inches apart

• Germination: 7–14 days at 65–70°F (18–21°C)

• Bloom Season: Summer to frost

• Tips: Deadhead regularly to extend blooming; stake taller varieties to prevent wind damage