Picotee cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Picotee'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size3 to 4 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
'Picotee' cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus 'Picotee') 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. Butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and birds visit the blooms. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. It grows fast and tolerates drought, so it is easy to keep.
Pairs well with Ageratum, Hidcote lavender, and Franz Schubert garden phlox.