Cosmos (Chocolate) Atrosanguineus

A cottage garden classic, this popular, compact cosmos is very free flowering and is the perfect flower for patio containers or sunny borders providing masses of blooms for cutting and a delightful scent. Supplied as 6 x plug plants.

Top Tips

When deadheading your Cosmos, don’t just take the flower head off, but cut the stems right back to the first leaf below the flower head.

Care Guide

• Unpack plugs immediately and stand them in water for an hour.
• If you can?t do this, they can sit in their mini greenhouse for a week if upright and not too wet.
• Plugs may be slightly dry or yellow after being in a dark box in the post, but they?ll quickly recover.
• Put them somewhere warm, light and airy such as a windowsill or greenhouse.
• When potting on, handle plugs carefully. Pot on using our 9cm pots in Shuttle Trays, using good multi-purpose compost.
• Give your plants a good water initially, then only when the top compost starts to dry. They don?t like to be left in standing water.
• Plant approx. 20cm (8in) apart to allow them room to grow.
• Feed using a high-potash feed such as Blooming Fast Superior Soluble Fertiliser for Flowers & Fruits, to encourage flowering.
• Dead head when flowers fade to encourage more flowers.
• Remember that plants are frost tender and should be protected from frost at all times.