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Is it time to clear the cosmos...?

CamelliadCamelliad Posts: 402
in Problem solving
Has been raining for days. Looks like it will rain on and off for the next 4 days and then sun predicted for a week or so after this. Has anyone pulled out their cosmos already? Mine are still flowering with lots of buds still but they've flopped - I haven't staked them effectively enough. Wondering whether I should just cut my losses and pull them out or wait and see.
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    If they are annoying you, get rid. If not, they might survive for a few more weeks. They often survive to November here. Most of mine look awful this year so I'll be composting them very soon. In other years they looked good for a couple more months.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    It depends if you want to replace them with something else. The ones in my front garden have been battered by the weather and will be removed this week to be replaced by wallflowers. 
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    edited October 2020
    No need to clear the cosmos - come the judgement day, God will see to it!   :)
  • CamelliadCamelliad Posts: 402
    edited October 2020
    Thanks all. @josusa47 B) . @B3 yes this is it - if I knew that they will perk up on the few sunny days that we have in store I'd wait it out. Still lots of flowers and buds but just very droopy and weather beaten. That said, @AnniD I do like the idea of replacing them with wallflowers. Will they flower now?
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I usually buy bare rooted wallflowers locally. They won't flower until the Spring,  but at least it means that l'm not looking at bare soil over Winter !
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    You can buy ones that flower sooner but they're horrible sludge colours like old mixed plasticene
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • CamelliadCamelliad Posts: 402
    I like that idea @AnniD and also I want to get my bulbs planted, so maybe I'll do some selective cosmos removal...

    @B3 I know exactly what you mean!!! 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited October 2020
    My cosmos are just getting started!  They tend to to best from Sept to the frosts.
  • edhelkaedhelka Posts: 2,351
    I already did because I needed the pot it was in. It was still in flower but weather damaged.
  • CamelliadCamelliad Posts: 402
    @Fire I'm really envious. Did you start yours from seed? If so when did you sow them?

    @edhelka yes mine too - I didn't think the variety I have would grow as tall as it has done and I should have staked them properly. I will do next year.
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