Description
Sumptuous, velvet, bronze coloured flowers sit above lanceolate green foliage with a wonderful chocolate scent. A compact plant that is perfect for a pot or the garden border.
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Height and spread – 35 x 40 cm
Ideal Conditions – Prefers full sun, or partial shade with free-draining soil or compost.
Possibile situation – Brilliant for a container or for a raised bed or mid-border.
Features – Attracts Wildlife
Typical season – Summer
Flower Colour – brown/bronze
Foliage Colour – green
Flowering time – July – October
Planting recommendation – Bed/Border Prefers – Full Sun
Temperature tolerance – Dies back over winter, but may revive in spring if protected from frost. Alternatively dig tubers before the first frosts and keep in a cool, frost free area. Replant in a pot the following spring.
Plant care – Tubers should be protected by a mulch, or brought inside over winter unless in a sheltered position.
Family – ASTERACEAE Genus – Cosmos Cultivar – Chocamocha
Pot Sizes – 11cm Pot Spacing –
Growing Media and irrigation – Free draining – keep evenly moist
Feeding fertiliser – NPK balanced feeding Feeding frequency – Requires normal/regular feeding (Standard EC)
PH Recommendation – Standard 5.0 to 5.5 Common pests – Aphid Common disease – Downy Mildew
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