Surely many paid attention to a simple flower with unusual openwork leaves. This is the cosmos. The plant has many types of very different colors. This beauty from the southern forests of America arrived in our country, took root very quickly and gained popularity among gardeners.
Cosmea, planted and cared for correctly, grows up to about one and a half meters, looks great in flower beds along with other decorative foliage plants. When decorating borders, it looks good in the background.
Favorite to many gardeners, the plant also attracted breeders who brought out completely new unusual varieties. For example, terry cosmea flowers (photo shown) have leaves dissected into small thread-like lobes. You can also find species with a very unusual color of inflorescences: crimson red or lemon yellow. But such exclusive varieties do not take root very well in a climatic zone with severe frosts, since they come from hot Mexico.
How to properly care for a flower like kosmeya? Planting and care, reproduction and cultivation -how to perform these processes correctly?
This plant prefers loose nutrient soils and sunny places. The flowers of the kosmeya are drawn to the bright sun, spreading their petals. The most important thing is the timely watering of the plant. Dried flowers should preferably be removed immediately. This procedure leads to the formation of new buds, and also preserves the decorative appearance of the flower bed.
If the plant grows on sufficiently fertile soils, it is fed about once every two months. With a lack of nutrients, this procedure is carried out once a month, using mineral fertilizers.
Cosmea, planting and caring for which are carried out correctly, blooms from mid-summer to October, and quite abundantly.
How kosmeya reproducesThe flower is propagated by seeds. Landing is pretty easy. In April, the seeds are planted in greenhouses or greenhouses. It is important to observe one condition - they do not need to be sprinkled with earth. The seeds only need to be lightly pressed into the soil as they require light to germinate.
Seedlings appear in about two weeks. In May, when the threat of morning frosts disappears, the plants are planted in permanent places, keeping a distance of about 35 cm between them. Kosmeya, planting and caring for which is quite simple, looks good in cut compositions. This seemingly unpretentious flower is very popular with landscape designers, as it can advantageously dilute and emphasize the beauty of other ornamental shrubs.
Flowerkosmeya in the garden (photos show its beauty) will definitely fit into absolutely any landscape. It is beautiful in its simplicity. And when cheerful cosmea flowers bloom on your site on a bright sunny day, the mood instantly rises from its cheerful colors.
By the way, this kind of plant, like Cosmos atrosanguineus, has an unusual blood-red color. From afar, it can even be mistaken for black. Plus, the flower spreads a rather strong chocolate scent, attracting a myriad of butterflies.
