Cosmos flaunts bright colorful disks gracefully balanced on long slender stems,
and lacy foliage. It is a plant that's easy to grow and
thrives even on poor soil.
This tender annual has fine feathery foliage, its pinnate leaves
growing to 10 in in length. Cosmos will grow 1-7 ft tall
depending on variety and growing conditions. The Mexican aster, as this cosmos
is also called, has showy solitary red, white, pink or purple flowers that are
2-3 in in diameter and up to 4 in in some selections.
Identification credit: Rita Singh
Photographed in the
Garden of Five Senses, Delhi
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