Cosmee: planting and caring for the plant

Surely many people paid attention to a simple flower with unusual openwork leaves. This is the cosmonaut. The plant has many different types of coloring. Arrived in our country, this beauty from the southern forests of America, very quickly took root and gained popularity among gardeners.

Kosmey, planting and care which is carried out correctly, grows to about one and a half meters, looks great on the flower beds along with other ornamental-deciduous plants. When decorating the curbs looks good in the background.

Liked many gardeners plant also liked the breeders, who brought out completely new unusual varieties. For example, the flowers of the kosmya terry (the photos are shown) have leaves cut into small filiform lobes. You can also meet species with a very unusual coloring of the inflorescences: crimson-red or lemon-yellow. But such exclusive varieties very badly take root in a climatic zone with strong frosts, as they come from hot Mexico.

How to properly care for such a flower, as a shaggy? Planting and care, reproduction and cultivation - how to perform these processes correctly?

This plant prefers loose nutrient soils and sunny places. The flowers of the Cosmos tend to reach the bright sun, spreading their petals. The most important thing is timely watering the plants.

Desiccated flowers should be removed immediately. This procedure leads to the formation of new buds, and also preserves the decorative appearance of the flower bed.

If the plant grows on enough fertile soils, it is fed about once every two months. With a shortage of nutrients, this procedure is carried out once a month, using mineral fertilizers.

Kosmeya, landing and care of which are carried out correctly, blossoms from the middle of summer to October, and quite abundantly.

How does the kosmya multiply?

The flower is propagated by seeds. Landing is pretty simple. In April, the seeds are planted in greenhouses or greenhouses. It is important to observe one condition - they do not need to be sprinkled with earth. It is only necessary to press the seeds lightly into the soil, since they need light for germination.

Seedlings appear in about two weeks. In May, when the threat of morning frosts disappears, plants are planted in permanent places, maintaining a distance between them about 35 cm. Cosmia, planting and caring for which are fairly simple, looks good in compositions for cutting. This seemingly unpretentious flower is very popular with landscape designers, as it can be beneficial to dilute and emphasize the beauty of other decorative shrubs.

The flower in the garden (photos show its beauty) will necessarily fit in absolutely any landscape. It is beautiful because of its simplicity. And when on a bright, sunny day in your area blossoming cheerful flowers of cosme, mood in an instant rises from its merry paints.

By the way, this kind of plant, like Cosmos atrosanguineus, has an unusual blood-red color. From a distance, you can take it even for black color. In addition, the flower spreads quite a strong aroma of chocolate, attracting a myriad of butterflies.