Sensation Mix cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Sensation Mix'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moderate soil
Size1 to 4 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Red, pink or white rays and yellow center
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Sensation Mix' cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus 'Sensation Mix') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, cottage gardens, and pollinator gardens. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to average, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It forms a clumping plant that grows fast and tolerates drought. Deer tend to browse other plants first. Red, pink, or white petals surround a yellow center, and butterflies, bees, and birds visit the blooms.
Pairs well with Supertunia Bordeaux petunia, Melampodium, Hollyhock, and Red fescue.