Cottage Garden Cosmos Collections

Mixed Cottage Garden Cosmos

Chosen by us to look lovely jumbled together in massed rows or bubbling out of containers.

We will select the varieties for you. We cannot accept requests for specific plants. We select a mix of the best at the time of delivery. The pictures above are examples only, your mix may vary.

Browse all of our Cosmos varieties.

Your Cosmos will thrive if they're watered regularly in hot weather, and mulching the soil, especially if it's exposed to sun and wind, will protect their delicate new roots from harm.

Features

• Half-hardy Annual
• Mix of four or more varieties
• Height: about 60cm
• Planting Months: April to July
• Flowering: June to November
• Plant Spacing: 30cm
• Foliage: finely cut

History & Trivia

Although we naturally see cottage gardens through rose-tinted spectacles, their abundance and higgledy-piggledy form and colour stemmed from necessity, as well as romance (which is at least a bit necessary). The Black Death in the Medieval era is said to have led the way; the hardships of that time drove the local production of essential items, and people's gardens had to earn their keep every way that they could, fitting a lot into a small space by packing in medicinal herbs and cutting flowers between the animal pens and fruit trees. Later, the vision was sustained by Victorians who moved the farm animals out of sight and amplified the flowers into that famously informal, loose style of planting that never goes out of fashion.