Color
Dark RedDays to cut
60–90 daysStatus
tryingCatalog ID
CF-24Seasons logged
1Ruby-red single flowers mature to dusky rose around burnished-gold centers on compact plants.
How it grows
Germination
- Days to germ.
- 7–21 d
- Soil temp
- 68–75 °F
- Depth
- 0.125 in
- Light for germ
- light
Culture
- Days to maturity
- 60–90 dThis variety
- Spacing
- 4–12 in
- Height
- 36–60 in
- Sun
- Sun
- Frost
- Tender; foliage will die back with first autumn frost · tender
Harvest
- Cut stage
- Petals just opening, but not yet flattened.
- Vase life
- 5–7 d
- Notes
- Deadheading is required to have blooms all summer.
Trials
Sown
Source
Seeds
Rating
Notes
Other Observations
Notes not filed against a sowing. Everything else sits with its trial above.
No loose observations — every note belongs to a sowing.
This variety’s year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Sow indoorsApr 2 – Apr 23
Outdoor / directMay 21 – Jun 18
Bloom (from indoor)May 21 – Jun 14
Bloom (from outdoor)Aug 2 – Sep 18
Seed source
Gurney's Seed & Nursery Co.Other Cosmos varieties
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