Hi, I'm Stan DeFreitas Mr. Green Thumb. One
of the plants that you might wish to have
as a specimen plant or as a bedding plant
would be the cosmos. The cosmos is a plant
that has a beautiful flower. And when you
plant this plant make sure you give it about
6 hours of good sun a day. Now it does require
a good well drained soil so add some perlite,
some vermiculite to the planting soil, maybe
some builder's sand to make sure that it does
have good drainage. If you're in doubt, plant
it on a little bit of a mound. Almost like
a little bit of a pitcher's mound. That way
the water will drain away from it. The cosmos
need about 6 hours of good sun a day. And
as far as fertilization, probably about every
two to three weeks with a good water soluble
plant food. When planting normally add some
extra peat moss, some extra cow manure. Really
improve the soil so you'll have better looking
flowers and bigger flowers. Make sure that
it gets that bright sun, good soil and you'll
have a great plant as far as a transition
plant or a good bedding plant in your lawn
and landscape. You can see that this plant
would make a nice addition to a flowing landscape
and one that you should have. For on gardening,
I'm Stan DeFreitas, Mr. Green Thumb.
