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Flowering and growth height
50 - 60 cm
Planting depth
10 - 15 cm
Planting distance
20 - 30 cm
Attracting bees and butterflies
Yes
Suitable for pots and planters
Yes
Deer and rodent resistant
Yes
Fragrant
Yes
Suitable as cut flower
Yes

The Cosmos atrosanguineus, also known as the chocolate cosmos is a dark red to maroon-dark brown perennial native to Mexico. Like many chocolates they have a light vanillin fragrance. This herbaceous perennial deserves a sunny and sheltered place in your garden. Do make sure you provide water to the newly planted roots. This cosmos is sensitive to frost, which makes it is important to dig up the roots after the blooming period and save the roots in a dry place, free of frost.

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Attracting bees and butterflies Yes
Deer and rodent resistant Yes
Delivered as Rhizome
Flower colour Purple
Flowering and growth height 50 - 60 cm
Flowering period July, August, September, October
Fragrant Yes
Hardy No
Hardyness zone 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Naturalising No
Per package 1
Place / planting position Partial shade
Planting depth 10 - 15 cm
Planting distance 20 - 30 cm
Suitable as cut flower Yes
Suitable for pots and planters Yes
Type Cosmos

Other information

Spring bulbs and Amaryllis

Pre-orders can be placed from June until the end of August ,unlesss otherwise indicated, and will be shipped in the first half of September. Pre-orders with spring bloomers and Amaryllis are shipped together in the first half of October.

Delivery times are 3-7 working days from mid-September to the end of December..

Wax Amaryllissen was delivered in mid-September and February.

Summer flowering bulbs and perennials

Pre-orders for Summer bloomers can be placed from the beginning of January until the end of February, these will be shipped in the first half of March.

Delivery times are 3-7 working days from mid-March to the end of May.

Perennials in nursery pots

Perennials in nursery pots can be pre-ordered from mid-January to the end of February. Shipping will take place in the first half of March.

During the planting season, delivery time is 3-7 working days. Planting times are from mid-March to May and from mid-September to the end of November.