What Steps Are Needed to Plant Cosmos Seed?
With things warming up outdoors it is time to look at our list of to-do’s in the outdoor garden. Here are a few ideas. Sow Cosmos seed in the asparagus bed early in April. The seedlings will not interfere with asparagus cutting and the asparagus will not compete with the Cosmos later in the season. As Cosmos is very shallow rooted and therefore easily blown over when in bloom the asparagus will tend to hold the plants up. Buy half a dozen or more Perennial Flax plants for the border or the rock garden. They do well in light soil and bear abundant beautiful blue blossoms from early morning till early afternoon when they fall off. New ones appear each day for a month or six weeks from late June forward. Set the plants in a clump. Watch for seedlings to transplant during September or early October. Grow Madeira Vines around the porches and verandas. They are highly satisfactory climbers for southern exposures because they grow rapidly from inexpensive tubers, stand heat well, make good sh
