Cosmos Coco Chanel
Botanical
Cosmos atrosanguineus
Description
A truly compact NZ bred Chocolate Cosmos, raised in Dunedin. Tight compact foliage topped with medium stems of fragrant chocolate blooms. Blooming from mid summer to first frosts. Especially at home in the perennial border. Perfect for late summer pots & containers. Best grown in moist, well-drained soils in full sun. Forms a tuber before dieing down in winter & erupting again the following summer. Half hardy. 0.45 x 0.45m
Bloom
Fragrant chocolate blooms, produced from mid summer.
Foliage
Tight compact foliage.
Habit
Compact clumping habit 0.45m wide.
Culture
Moist, well-drained soils in full sun.
Hardiness
Half hardy. (USDA Zone 8-11).
Protection
Plant Variety Rights asserted. (Naming Competition with NZ Gardener this winter - Retail launch November 2007)

 

 

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