cosmos

  • Removing the sunshade plants

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    Although we’ve had a week of abundant sunshine, due to the low morning temperatures, the temperatures haven’t reached over 30°C (86°F). This is wonderful for the vegetables and garden plants. They aren’t experiencing heat distress anymore. Still, we’re in a…

  • Another season- another cosmos jungle

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    Although a few weeks later than last year, my cosmos jungle is finally growing and filling up the garden.  I absolutely adore garden cosmoses. They are such an amazing plant, they spread easily, flower throughout the summer, and return every…

  • My Cosmos jungle

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    One of the favorite self-seeding flowers in my garden are certainly Cosmoses. It’s been over six years now that they are every year in my garden. First started as a sown plant and now they grow freely wherever they want.Over…

  • Neverending (weeds) story

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    Where there are vegetables there are also weeds. But, this year there are more weeds than vegetables.  The rainy summer we’ve been having is making me weed every single time I get in the garden. I rarely get the opportunity…

  • Flowerpedia: Cosmos fizzy

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    This spring I bought Cosmos fizzy mix. A mix of regular cosmoses and “fizzy variety”. Cosmos is a Mexican native plant that belongs to the family of Asteraceae. Over the centuries it spread all over the world. This plant was…