COSMOS
The other October Flower
Usually when we talk about October, the flower that comes to mind is the calendula ( marigold). But this time we are going to focus in the other flower of the month the cosmos.
This beautifully fragrant flower is a genus of about 26 flowering plants in the asteracea family. It blooms twice a season during the spring and fall. Indigenous to Mexico, where they are extinct in the wild, they bloom in single or double flowers, in pinks, reds, white, yellow, orange, or purple.
The word cosmos comes from the Greek meaning " a universe balanced in order and regularity" which fits the plant that follows its order and regularity in blooming seasonally. Plants are easy to grow and can be as large as 6 feet tall, blooming heavily during the season.
Fun Facts
The other October Flower
Usually when we talk about October, the flower that comes to mind is the calendula ( marigold). But this time we are going to focus in the other flower of the month the cosmos.
This beautifully fragrant flower is a genus of about 26 flowering plants in the asteracea family. It blooms twice a season during the spring and fall. Indigenous to Mexico, where they are extinct in the wild, they bloom in single or double flowers, in pinks, reds, white, yellow, orange, or purple.
The word cosmos comes from the Greek meaning " a universe balanced in order and regularity" which fits the plant that follows its order and regularity in blooming seasonally. Plants are easy to grow and can be as large as 6 feet tall, blooming heavily during the season.
Fun Facts
- Cosmos is a biennial/perennial herbaceous plant, meaning their leaves and stems die at soil level after the growing season.
- Cosmos flowers , two to five inches in diameter, have a capitulum a dense cluster of tiny florets in the center surrounded by wider floret petals.
- Cosmos leaves are multifaceted and feather like.
- Cosmos seeds resemble pine needles.
- Highly coveted in Japan and India.
- In Japan their color carries special meaning. Red, a maiden with pure heart, white, an innocent and pure maiden, red and white, a sincere maiden.
- Used as cure for Malaria in Brazil.
