Southwestern Cosmos
Cosmos parviflorus
Southwestern cosmos is an airy desert annual with feathery foliage and dainty pink-to-lavender daisies after summer rains, an easy, drought-tolerant reseeder for sunny Southwestern gardens.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AZ, CO, MA, MO, NM, TX