(Pony) Lakewood, WA (Zone 8a) | August 2009 | neutral
The flowers are a little bland looking, I think. And all of mine sprawled badly, whereas the taller "Dazzlers" around them didn't. I don'...Read Moret think I'll do these again.
The flowers are smaller than other cosmos I've seen (only about 2 inches?), but the plants were very floriferous so overall the effect wa...Read Mores very pretty. The flower coloring is just gorgeous. My only problem was that they were very tall and top-heavy, and in a bad windstorm they got knocked over. Many of the stems split at the bottom and died. Some survived but remained sprawled on the ground. Other, shorter cosmos growing in the same area were not affected. So these probably need some support.
The flowers are a little bland looking, I think. And all of mine sprawled badly, whereas the taller "Dazzlers" around them didn't. I don'...Read More
The flowers are smaller than other cosmos I've seen (only about 2 inches?), but the plants were very floriferous so overall the effect wa...Read More
Every year I grow a different cosmos. This one I grew with Dwarf Sunny Red and they look beautiful together.
Pretty flower, but not nearly as prolific as the Sensations...I was pretty disappointed overall. This year I'm trying Picotee.