Apricot Lemonade cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Apricot Lemonade'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Sizeup to 3 feet tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Apricot Lemonade' cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus 'Apricot Lemonade') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, pollinator gardens, and cottage gardens. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist soil of most types. It grows fast in a clumping form up to 36 inches tall and tolerates drought. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. Bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and birds visit the blooms.
Pairs well with Lollipop purple top, Hidcote lavender, and Marmalade black-eyed Susan.