List Price: £24.00 (Excluding VAT at 20%)
| Family: | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus: | Cosmos |
| Species: | astrosanguineus |
| Cultivar: | Chocolate |
Category: | SCENTSATIONS |
Current Availability:
18 Tray/s Available
Description
An upright, tuberous perennial with a chocolate scent and maroon flowers in late summer.
Height / Spread / Trail
60 x 45cm
Flowering Time
July - October
Possible Situation
Excellent in a bowl on its own, or with other tall flowering plants.
Ideal Conditions
Prefers full sun, or partial shade with free-draining soil or compost.
Temperature Tolerance
Dies back over winter, but may revive in spring if protected from frost. Alternatively dig tubers before the first frosts and keep in a cool, frost free area. Replant in a pot the following spring.
Plant Care
Tubers should be protected by a mulch, or brought inside over winter unless in a sheltered position.
Suggested pot sizes to transplant plugs : 11cm : 1 Litre : 3 Litre +
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