Garden Cosmos 'Psyche White'

Cosmos bipinnatus

How to grow Garden Cosmos 'Psyche White'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

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Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Psyche White is thought of as half hardy, so remember to watch your frost dates and ensure you have this plant protected when the temperature dips. Psyche White tends to grow best in a soil ph of between 6.0 and 8.5 meaning it does best in weakly acidic soil - weakly alkaline soil.

Growing Psyche White from seed

Ensure a distance of 5.85 inches (15.0 cm) between seeds when sowing - look to sow at a depth of approximately 0.0 inches (0.0 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 20°C / 68°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Psyche White about 28 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Psyche White

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Psyche White is a half hardy plant.

Harvesting Psyche White

Garden Cosmos Psyche White Etymology

The botanical epithet is from the Latin bipinnatus meaning “staunch” or “like two small wings”.2

Other Names for Garden Cosmos 'Psyche White'

Garden Cosmos

Footnotes

1 “seed packet info. sean conway seeds distributed via target stores 2010”

1 Latin Dictionary