General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Trade name information:
Series: Sensation
Trade Name: Purity
Cultivar name: 'Purity'
Common names
  • Cosmos
  • Common Cosmos
  • Mexican Aster

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Uploaded by SoCalGardenNut

Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 11th July 2008

Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 26th June 2008

Courtesy Seeds of Victoria
  • Uploaded by vic

photo credit:  Yoko Nekonomania

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