Pinkie cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Pinkie'
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
'Pinkie' cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus 'Pinkie') 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 reaches about 35 to 47 inches tall and tolerates drought. Butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and birds visit it. Deer tend to browse other plants first.
Pairs well with Ageratum, Hidcote lavender, and Franz Schubert garden phlox.