Candy Stripe cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Candy Stripe'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size3 to 5 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
'Candy Stripe' cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus 'Candy Stripe') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, pollinator gardens, and cottage gardens. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist soil of most types. It grows fast into a clumping plant that can reach 59 inches tall, and butterflies, bees, and birds visit the blooms. It sits low on the menu for deer.
Pairs well with Ageratum, Hidcote lavender, Franz Schubert garden phlox, and Red fescue.