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Chocolate cosmos

Rock ferry redRock ferry red Posts: 4
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Hi anyone got any ideas the best way to grow chocolate cosmos from tubers thanks

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    Hi Rock, I havent grown them but this is a good site to go by.

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/4529/Cosmos-atrosanguineus/Details 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Rock ferry redRock ferry red Posts: 4
    Thank Lyn I will take a look
  • Mark 499Mark 499 Posts: 380

    I grow mine in pots , in the Autumn I stand them in the greenhouse to dry out then they spend the winter in the garage

  • Rock ferry redRock ferry red Posts: 4
    Hi mark 499 shall I put them in pots now when leave them ,On my sheds window sil were they get loads of light and the day time sun.
  • Mark 499Mark 499 Posts: 380

    Yes you can pot them up now , just keep them away from any frost

  • Susan Hughes2Susan Hughes2 Posts: 43

    I have left mine in the pot in the greenhouse over the winter from the moment I have put them in the pot.  They come back every year without fail.

     

  • primrosecottageprimrosecottage Posts: 817

    Hi   mine are left in the garden,image

  • primrosecottageprimrosecottage Posts: 817

    Hi Rock ferry red image I grew some straight into the garden where I wanted them ,I prepared the patch well with fresh MPC so they were a bit molycodled.They have returned two years in a row and I am hoping to see them again this year.image

    And yes they do smell of Thorntonsimage

     

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