Cosmos Pink Popsocks seeds - Cosmos bipinnatus

Cosmos 'Pink Popsocks' is a variety of Cosmos bipinnatus or bipinnate Cosmos with delightful pink flowers of various shapes. This selection features single or anemone-like inflorescences similar to dahlias and double pompoms. They display various shades of pink-lilac to powdery pink. This charming variety is remarkable in borders, flower beds, and containers. Sow these very easy-to-grow cosmos in light, sunny soil.

Cosmos 'Pink Popsocks' is a cultivar derived from an annual species native to Mexico and the extreme southern United States, Cosmos bipinnatus. This half hardy annual plant, related to Dahlias, belongs to the Asteraceae family: it exhibits a characteristic flower head and particularly fine foliage reminiscent of fennel.

'Pink Popsocks' quickly forms a tuft 60 cm high, 45 cm wide. Flowering begins in July, approximately 85 days after sowing, and lasts until early autumn. The flower heads measure 8 cm in diameter. The flower centre consists of a golden disc. Cosmos flowers attract numerous insects and butterflies, including the Monarch. Left standing at the end of the season, their seeds serve as food for birds. The foliage is finely cut into thread-like segments, barely 0.5 to 1 mm wide, and is slightly and pleasantly scented. After flowering, the plant produces blackish achene fruits, spindle-shaped and bristly. The seeds can self-sow, but the resulting plants may not necessarily resemble their parent.

Capable of filling a sunny bank or bed on its own, Cosmos 'Pink Popsocks' is a carefree and rewarding annual plant, perfect for enhancing a romantic or country-style garden. Cosmos are perfect flowers for beginners, almost impossible to fail with. They grow quickly, adding a lot of lightness to the heavier blooms of Dahlias, and complement perennial salvias, Verbena Bonariensis, and chrysanthemums until the first frosts. Perfect for filling a brand new garden, mixed with poppies, love-in-a-mist, or annual cornflowers. Its flowers hold up very well in a vase.