Northeast Gardening: Autumn Plant Update, 1 by amethystsm

amethystsm wrote:
The absolute best thing i planted this year was cosmos "Summer Dreams".
i love cosmos anyhow, and these looked pretty on the seed package. They are only supposed to be 3' tall. After planting them several times and having them weed whacked or pulled during one of the property owners random weed-pulling frenzies, i finally enclosed them in little fences. So i got no blooms until the end of August, but boy were they worth it!
And the ones in the "garden" are 4'+.
If only i could get a picture of how wonderful they look, but i can either get scale or color well, but not both.

So, here is color: