Sea Shells Cosmos | Cosmos bipinnatus | Certified Organic
Double blooms in pink, cream, and white.
Put your ear up to a big sea shell, and you hear the whole cosmos ebbing and flowing. You needn't go to the shore to witness this, though; just plant a patch of these cosmos. The big, lofty plants sway to and fro in the summer breezes like waves. The flowers are held aloft, each coiled, tubular petal like a small, colourful shell. Lay beneath the tall fronds and look up: behold a reef of bright purples, pastel pinks, and soft whites. The sky shimmers like the reflective underbelly of the water's surface. Your garden is an ocean.
Petals in shades of pink, cream, and white curl into a sea-shell shaped tubes. Grows very bushy and tall; perfect in corners or middle placement in gardens. Easy to grow and very nice, though short-lived, as a cut flower. A well-loved variety among pollinators.
Easy-to-grow flowers tolerate plenty of neglect. Direct sow or transplant in average soil in full sun. Space 12" apart in any sort of soil; cosmos will succeed with reckless abandon.
Days to Germination 7-10 days
Days to Maturity 100 days
Planting Depth ½"
Spacing in Row 12"
Spacing Between Rows 18"
Height at Maturity 48-60"
Width at Maturity 24"
Sun Preference Full to Partial Sun
Artwork by Sally Vitsy. Sally's 3-dimensional paper sculpture places Sea Shells Cosmos in the natural environment of its namesake. Still rooted in a pot, the flowers are surrounded by fish, crabs and snails rather than hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies.
About Hudson Valley Seed Company
They are a values-driven seed company that practices and celebrates responsible seed production and stewardship. Hudson Valley are best known for their beautiful artist-design seed packs (Art Packs) that appeal to gardeners, gift buyers, and lovers of art and nature.
These Art Packs, most fundamentally, tell stories. Hudson Valley challenges artists to convey in a manner that is fully their own, the history and meaning of the seed variety contained in each pack. These stories were once integral to traditional societies-stories of seeds were often origin stories for entire communities and peoples, and the lore and beliefs that accumulated around seed varieties reflected the nearly familial way in which gardeners and farmers regarded their crops. Our society is, by and large, no longer connected to plants this way. But we like to think these Art Packs help to stitch our fragmented world back together: useful seeds, evocative art, both equally valuable to our experience of being human.