Propagation: Bloom's from WS seedlings, part 2, 1 by Illoquin

Illoquin wrote:
Nice, Anita! What makes you think you won't get another bloom, tho? I'm sure it will keep blooming. I was disapponted in no frangrance, too. I was also disappointed because my WS daturas were so big! 6 feet tall and 3 feet in diameter, and I had 6 of them! They were really taking over the world, so I saw a bloom (just like yours as a matter of fact), and decided I could live without the gigantic stand of them and pulled them out.

Here's my gorgeous Cosmos, Sunny Red. It is not as attractive to the butterflies as the taller orange ones like yours, but the color is so cool and the plant is so little and cute...still airy and nice, but only about 12-14" tall.

Oh, and yours will self-seed perfectly. If you have a huge stand, just collect some seed for trading, that way the seedlings won't come up too thickly. The seeds basically drop straight down, but you might have one plant coming up here and there around the garden. The seedings are a dead ringer for ragweed.

I have grown this for years in front of Trumpet lilies and I love it!

Suzy