| Description | Sonata Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) is a 24-inch tall Cosmos with large 3-inch single flowers in red, white, or pink. |
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| Pronunciation | (KAHS-mos) (bye-pin-NAY-tus) |
| Plant Type | Annuals, Perennial Tender |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny |
| Moisture | average, to dry |
| Soil & Site | average, will with stand drier conditions once established |
| Flowers | 2 3/4-3 inch, single, red, white, pink, lavender |
| Fruit | achene |
| Leaves | short petiole fern-like leaves, has a soft visual text, wispy |
| Dimensions | 24-30 inches tall |
| Maintenance | will reseed during the growing season, dead heading |
| Propagation | seeds, can be directed seeded in Zone #5 |
| Native Site | Mexico |
| Author's Notes | I have used this series a few times, and one strike against it was the different colors were not uniform in size. When I planted different colors together, some would be taller and others shorter. Maybe the series has been improved by the time of posting this plant. Otherwise it bloomed it's socks off the entire summer with few if any problems. |
| Notes & Reference | #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills), #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Armitage),#76-Annuals for Every Purpose (Larry Hodgson) |
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