Cosmos feature daisylike flowers dancing atop tall, lacy-leaved stems. There’s a lot to like about this sun-loving flower. The plant: Cosmos feature daisylike flowers dancing atop tall, lacy-leaved ...

We all love color in the summertime garden. Problem is, few drought-tolerant plants bloom in summer. Summer is when many perennials, flowering shrubs and trees go into a sort of suspended animation, ...

Recently I seemingly awoke from a daze while driving Interstate 185 north of Columbus, Georgia, beautiful Pine Mountain was in the distance and a sea of yellow orange lavender and pink was almost ...

The Georgia Department of Transportation has been teaching all of us about an old floral favorite that needs to be brought back to the garden: the cosmos. I saw them for weeks along Interstate 16 ...

Some Cosmos bedding plants I recently planted in our new garden have struggled to get going. Their leaves have yellowed and they look stunted. Any suggestions as to what the problem is? In my old ...

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