Apricotta Cosmos

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Apricotta' (Cosmos bipinnatus 'Apricotta') is a beautifully warm, generously blooming cosmos that brings a distinctive, cupped and softly ruffled floral form to the beloved cosmos genus — producing large, 2–3 inch blooms with slightly ruffled, cupped petals in a richly warm palette of apricot, peach, and soft rose that glows with a gentle, honeyed warmth entirely different in character from the flat, open-petaled blooms of standard cosmos selections. The cupped, ruffled petal form gives each 'Apricotta' bloom a beautifully three-dimensional quality — a fullness and depth of structure that recalls old-fashioned cottage garden roses more than the typical cosmos silhouette — while retaining all the airy, naturalistic grace of the species on tall, freely branching stems clothed in delicate, finely cut bright green ferny foliage. The warm apricot-peach-rose palette has a blushed, sunset-like richness that partners beautifully with creamy whites, warm golds, and soft lavenders in mixed cottage and naturalistic plantings.

This professional-grade 4" plant arrives with a healthy, well-established root system cultivated through professional horticultural practices — ready to establish quickly and begin producing its generous floral display. 'Apricotta' excels in cottage gardens, cutting gardens, mixed annual borders, and naturalistic wildflower-inspired plantings where its warm, ruffled, cupped blooms create a richly colorful, romantically beautiful seasonal display. It is a particularly outstanding cut flower — the cupped, ruffled form holds exceptionally well in fresh arrangements and brings the warm, blushed glow of the late-summer garden indoors with genuine cottage-garden character and charm.

• Distinctive Cupped & Ruffled Petal Form: Large, 2–3 inch blooms with slightly ruffled, cupped petals give each flower a beautifully three-dimensional quality and a fullness of structure that recalls old-fashioned cottage garden roses — a uniquely refined flower form that distinguishes 'Apricotta' from all flat-petaled standard cosmos selections.
• Warm Apricot, Peach & Soft Rose Palette: A richly warm, blushed palette of apricot, peach, and soft rose glows with a honeyed sunset warmth that brings a genuine romantic character and soft seasonal richness to cottage gardens, cutting gardens, and naturalistic mixed border plantings throughout the warm season.
• Prolific Naturalistic Floral Display: Produces an abundant, continuous succession of large, warmly colored ruffled blooms on tall, freely branching stems throughout summer and into fall — the classic cosmos generosity of bloom here delivered in a more refined, three-dimensional floral form of real ornamental distinction.
• Outstanding Cottage Garden Cut Flower: The cupped, ruffled blooms hold beautifully in fresh-cut arrangements and deliver a warm, blushed, romantically cottage-garden aesthetic to indoor floral displays — 'Apricotta' is among the most ornamentally rewarding cosmos selections available for the cutting garden.
• Heat Tolerant & Self-Sufficient: Thrives in the heat of summer with minimal care in lean, well-drained soil — cosmos rewards lean conditions with the most prolific and sustained floral display, making 'Apricotta' a genuinely low-maintenance, high-reward warm-season annual for any sunny garden position.

These 4" healthy live plants thrive in full sun (6+ hours daily) with well-drained, lean to average soil; avoid overly rich, fertile conditions — lean soil produces the most prolific and long-lasting bloom display. Water moderately during establishment, then water sparingly. Grow as a warm-season annual; frost-sensitive. Transplant outdoors after the last frost date. Mature height: 24–36 inches; spread: 12–18 inches. Bloom time: summer through first frost. Deadhead regularly to encourage continued abundant flowering or allow seed heads to form for self-seeding naturalization.