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Hi, I was just wondering if anyone has any Chocolate Cosmos seeds that they would like to swap??? thanks
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I've never seen chocolate cosmos seeds for sale. Usually they are sold as either plants in pots or else as tubers like a dahlia. If you want to propogate a chocolate cosmos I think you would have to take cuttings in the spring/early summer.
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I bought chocolate cosmos a few years ago in a plant shop at the end of capel st, they are out there. Unfortunately the plants I had died, I think I had them planted in the wrong area, they seem to be a lot more sensitive than cosmos sensation. Good luck finding them and if I come across them I'l let you know.
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I bought chocolate cosmos mail order from the heritage bulb company or maybe it was Mr. middleton. Any way it came as root cuttings. It's a perennial not an annual like the usual cosmos. It's growing slowly, not in flower yet.
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Suek, Cosmos Atrosanguineus (aka chocolate cosmos) is mostly sold as tender bulb best keep an eye out for them in Jan/Feb usually Taylor bulbs sell them in all good garden centres. I have bought these 2/3 times and find them awfully difficult to overwinter so treat them as an annual. I've only ever seen one company offer them as seed and that www.b-and-t-world-seeds.com but there sold out I believe. I'm not sure how long it would take from seed to flower but I'd imagine it would take more than one season?
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Hi, I had Chocolate Cosmos and then it dissapeared - so I dug the bed over and planted broccolis and something else and then suddenly in June, something came up - anyway the long and the short of it is that I now have about 5 chocolate cosmos plants in a pot and more in the ground - sometimes being neglectful can be rewarding - am in Galway area happy to give some away to anyone who wants them - have been known to post plants as well!
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Hi Sharon, Just seen your post now, I have been away on holidays. That would be fantastic, I am living just outside Mullingar, Galway isnt too far from me, leave it with me and I will arrange something. Thanks a million
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