COSMOS VARIETIES
 

Create a surefire sensation in your own backyard.

Cosmos are truly stellar. Easily started from seed, they provide a riot
of color in the garden and armfuls of flowers for bouquets.

Feature these ten varieties in a corner of your backyard.

I've grown Cosmos for years, and they self seed so readily I take it for
granted that I'll have them on hand--to fill in a border or cut for
bouquets--from May through October. They became more dear to me a few
years ago when I got some new varieties. Some such as the Versailles variety, have especially large plants and flowers. For small borders there are now dwarf cosmos in the Sonata series. They come in an array of pinks and white.

Sow seeds indoors, or outside when the soil has warmed. Plant or thin seedlings 12" to 18" apart, in full sun and average, even poor, well-drained soil.

BRIGHT LIGHTS: 2' tall; 1-1/2 inch double flowers in orange, red, and yellow.

'CANDY STRIPE' ('PICOTEE'): 3' tall; 3" white flowers striped or stippled with magenta.

EARLY WONDER: 3-1/2' tall; 4" flowers in white and a full range of pinks.

'IMPERIAL PINK': 3' tall; 3-1/2" pink flowers with darker center ring.

LADYBIRD MIX: 10" tall; 2" double flowers in orange, red, and yellow.

PSYCHE MIX: 3-1/2' tall; 2" flowers with second row of short, frilly pink, white, or magenta petals.

SEASHELLS MIX 3-1/3' tall; 3" unique tubular petals in pink, white, and magenta.

SENSATION MIX: 3-1/2' tall; 3" flowers in pink, white, and magenta.

SONATA MIX: 20" tall; 3" flowers in pink, white, and magenta.

VERSAILLES MIX: 4' tall; 3-1/2" flowers in pink, white, and magenta.

Other long-blooming flowers are Gailardia's and Zinnia's also available in a riot of colors. Day Lilly need no tending and keep you free for other chores.

ROSES
Rose bushes that blooms all summer long you could try:
Hybrid teas and Floribundas. When you get the 'hang of it' then you could buy more expensive Rose bushes.

PLANT A BUTTERFLY GARDEN

These plants will attract all the butterflies you want in the garden.

Butterfly bush Plum	Butterfly bush Purple	Blue beard Blue Mist
Lavender	Chives	Frickarts Aster
Cheddar pinks, Dianthus Spotty	Purple coneflower	Hybrid fleabane, Prosperity
Hybrid fleabane, Foesters Darling	Rockcress, Variegata	Coral bells, Raspberry Regal
Stonecrop, Autumn Joy	Sweet pepperbush, Humingbird	Dense blazing star, Kobold