{"id":6791,"date":"2015-05-15T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=6791"},"modified":"2015-02-09T18:45:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T23:45:13","slug":"cosmos-for-sunny-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/05\/15\/cosmos-for-sunny-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosmos For Sunny Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6826\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cosmos-1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6826\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6826\" alt=\"Cosmos Flowering in September\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cosmos-1-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cosmos-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cosmos-1-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cosmos Flowering in September<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Beautiful Cosmos\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cosmos-2-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reliable Cosmos<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cosmos, indigenous to Mexico and South America, are one of the easiest-to-grow flowering annuals.\u00a0They start blooming in early summer and are at their best in late summer and early autumn. Two most popular species are <i>Cosmos sulphureus<\/i> and <i>C. bipinnatus.<\/i>\u00a0Flower heads are composed of disc and ray flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Cosmos is a member of the aster family. Today&#8217;s hybrids are brightly colored (red, pink, orange or white)\u00a0that bloom\u00a0freely like wildflowers.\u00a0They attract birds and butterflies, particularly Monarchs. Blooms make terrific floral bouquets that will\u00a0last for 7 &#8211; 10 days.\u00a0Cosmos light green foliage is very fern-like.<\/p>\n<p>Be aware that cosmos self-seeds freely.\u00a0You may self-seed directly into the spring garden after the last spring-frost date or purchase plants at garden centers. Space plants approximately 1-2 feet apart; with tall varieties, space plants closer and let them support\u00a0one another.<\/p>\n<p>Cosmos thrive in average to subpar soils at neutral or slightly alkaline pH and that are well-drained. Plant heights\u00a0vary from\u00a01 to 5 feet depending on soils, cultivars, moisture,\u00a0and fertilization. Excess soil nutrition will cause plants to grow luxuriantly at the expense of\u00a0flower numbers. Plants tend to flop over in rich soil and may require staking to prevent stem breakage in high winds.<\/p>\n<p>Pinch off spent flowers to encourage continuous bloom. Pinching stem tips\u00a0reduces plant\u00a0height and encourages branching,\u00a0although\u00a0is rarely necessary.\u00a0Cosmos are mostly free of disease and pest troubles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cosmos, indigenous to Mexico and South America, are one of the easiest-to-grow flowering annuals.\u00a0They start blooming in early summer and are at their best in late summer and early autumn. Two most popular species are Cosmos sulphureus and C. bipinnatus.\u00a0Flower heads are composed of disc and ray flowers. Cosmos is a member of the aster [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[398,657,707,747,749,1037,1099,521,674,806,6,665,1138,602,745,551,202,843,1059,630,823,706,646,113],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6791"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7236,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6791\/revisions\/7236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}