Friday's Flowers ~ Cosmos

Cosmos!

 This easy to grow flower will give your garden that airy feeling. Choose from a wide variety of colors, they also come with single or double petal blooms. How sweet is that?

 

 

For an added incentive the cosmos is edible. Teas, salads or fresh cooked shoots, yum! Part of the sunflower family it will attract all kinds of beneficial insects including lacewings and butterflies.

*Annual

*Self-sowing

* Deadheading encourages blooming