Bright Lights cosmos
Cosmos sulphureus 'Bright Lights'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2 to 3 feet tallup to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Orange, gold
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Bright Lights' cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus 'Bright Lights') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, containers, and pollinator gardens. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. This plant likes full sun and average to moist soil of most types. It grows fast into a clump of orange and gold blooms that attract butterflies and bees. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. Cut a few stems for bouquets.
Pairs well with Black-eyed Susan, Sunrich Gold sunflower, and Red fescue.