Irma, I agree with you.:)

Love cosmos and nasturtiums!

Silvia

So Cosmos and Nasturtiums will grow in the summer? Nice Silvia!

How long into the summer can I hope for?

I plant cosmos during all summer but nasturtiums more in the cooler months same like petunias.

The yellow tall variety of cosmos is easier to grow but I like the medium size that comes in a mix of colors white, pink and purple blooms.

Silvia

Time to plant! I have many, many golden cosmos seeds from my 2016 crop (descended from 2011 crop) to give away. Send me your address if you want some. Send to my first name (4 letters) then "AtHome@gmail.com".

Arent the yellow/orange cosmos the best. Been occupying a large portion of all my beds for many years. And here in FL they happily reseed themselves year round. I just love them!

Hi Irma!

Thank you so much for the seeds you sent!

I love that you have a butterfly garden in the big grassy median. I am also working on growing some butterfly plants in the circle across the street from me, which is sunnier than my yard. Luckily, it's irrigated, so I can hope for something nice this summer.

Thanks again and it's sweet of you to include the bonus Milkweed seeds. I will sow them today. Can't wait to see how beautiful!

SusieQ you are quite welcome. I hope you will be able to post picture(s) of your median circle in bloom. How fortunate that it is irrigated.

Do you directly plant them or start them in pots?

I love Cosmos and Cornflowers. Bought some seed but am unsure whether to start them in the ground or in pots.

Jane

Irma, I got the seeds, thank you so much! I can't wait to plant them this weekend!

I received mine too! Thank you so much! I'm planting mine this weekend as well. And I'll send your seeds off this weekend too!

Wow! I got cosmos babies popping up already!

I'm so excited!

Jane, I started mine in "flats" made out of empty Swiffer containers that I punched holes in the bottom and filled with potting mix. It's much more work for me than direct sowing since I will soon have to separate the seedlings and pot them up individually, but I really enjoy doing it this way.

I hope you'll let us know how yours come along.

Susie

I wonder if anyone else has little surprises like this? It’s all the more special because I wouldn’t have it except that Irma was thoughtful and generous.

Yay! The ones popping up now are small, but by summer cosmos grow tall. If you've never grown cosmos, send me your address. (If you have grown it, then you have seeds!)

I was able to grow a couple in 2016, but last year's did not take. I still have seeds I bought last year, hoping that the seeds will be ok even though they are old!

I sow mine in the ground around March 1. They take about 10 days to sprout. Then they last pretty much until freezing weather. They slow down during June-August.

Nasties do ok but they suffer during the high heat.

I think last year I started too late, plus with our drought, I know planted a handful so I should have a decent amount of seeds. I wanted to make a better effort this year.