Cosmos ‘Sensation Daydream’ is a graceful annual with large, single flowers in the palest blush pink, deepening to a distinctive raspberry-pink halo around the golden-yellow centre. Its delicate blooms are held above fine, feathery foliage, creating a wonderfully light and airy display throughout the summer.
Easy to grow and generously free-flowering, this beautiful cosmos is ideal for cottage gardens, sunny borders and cutting patches. Keep picking or deadheading the flowers to encourage further blooms, and enjoy their gentle movement in the garden as well as their soft, romantic colour in summer arrangements. The open flowers are also highly attractive to pollinating insects.
When to Sow: Mar - May
HOW TO SOW COSMOS :
Sow indoors in Spring into trays of moist compost. Cover lightly with a sprinkling of soil. Ideal temp. 21°C. Transplant seedlings when large enough to handle to individual pots and grown on under glass. Acclimatise and plant out after danger of frost has passed.
- Classification: Half Hardy Annual
- Expert Level: Easy to Grow
- Germination Time : 1-2 Weeks
- Flowering Time: Jun–Nov
- Site: Full Sun
- Soil Type: Will grow in most soils
- Soil Acidity: Alkaline - Neutral
- Moisture: Well drained
- Care: May need staking. Pinch for bushier plants. Cut & Come again
- Use: Cut Flowers, Garden Borders
- Harvesting: Singles - Best cut in cracking bud stage before flowers open. Doubles best cut when half open.
- Days to Maturity: 90-100 Days
- Vase Life: 5-6 Days
- Height: 90-150cm
- Plant Spacing: 30cm