NEW FOR 2025! My biggest brother sent me seeds for this from his garden, somehow knowing that I have wanted to grow it for years. The 2-3” flowers are brilliant shades of orange streaked and shaded with gold and scarlet highlights on openly branching plants. I got the impression from my reading that this is a short species, around 30”, but have found that direct seeded plants easily went beyond 48” tall, while transplants averaged 36-40” tall. The leaves are fern-like and attractive, but when young, bear some superficial resemblance to ragweed (so be careful not to weed them out). Avoid very fertile conditions, as this delays flowering and can prevent it altogether. A fine cut flower (5 days in a vase), with edible petals that are also useful for natural dyeing (sometimes called Dyer’s Cosmos).

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