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giant cosmos

13 years ago

This is a deep crimson cosmos that popped up in my garden. Not a particularly good photo but you get the idea.
It has to be, at least, 2m tall and almost the size of my wrist (which is average for a female) at the base.
I keep expecting to see someone climbing down it!!

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Comments (7)

inga007
Have you been feeding it with growth hormones? :>) Ha-ha

That is a monster.
tuppitoo
13 years ago
Interesting Annie,maybe its trying for more light?whatever the reason it is unusual.
chas
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annie_____
Original Author
13 years ago
it gets direct sun all day. There is nothing near it and that tree behind it is not between it and the sun... have no idea why it's grown so big. Thought I might try to get some of its seeds and try them elsewhere and just see what happens. I love the colour anyway so even if they don't grow that big, it won't matter.
I've had a couple of white that have grown tall as well but not that big.
funnelweb
13 years ago
Gees, I thought mine were big but that dwarfs them. Only problem with them is they just keep on self seeding and come up willy-nilly everywhere! But they do look nice in flower though.
annie_____
Original Author
13 years ago
I don't mind the self-seeding as long as it's the colour I want. I remember one year I'd put in the yellow one. That was when I realized that I don't particularly like yellow flowers. Honestly it took me several seasons before I got rid of them all.
But why this one has grown like this I have no idea. It will be interesting to see if any of its children do the same...just think...they say that, these days, children are growing taller than their parents...think of what I'll have next season!!! lololol
dedejacoel
11 years ago
My cosmos are about 15' now and taken over a large section of my garden. I want to use them next year as a fence because mine blew down in a storm
tropicbreezent
11 years ago
They don't have a real strong stem, so they're not so good exposed to strong winds.

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