Fort Bend County Master Gardeners

Photo from Fort Bend County Master Gardeners,
Texas Native Demonstration Garden

Daiy-like flowers composed of tooed ray flowers and yellow disk flowers; foliage is opposite and pinnately divided. Do not over fertilize or foliage grows at the expense of the flowers. Tolerant of porous soils. Some problems with bacterial wilt.

Common Name	Yellow Cosmos
Scientific Name	Cosmos sulphureus
Plant Form or Habit	Upright
Annual or Perennial	Annual
Plant use	Beds and borders cutflowers
Flower Color	Yellow
Blooming Period	Summer, fall
Height	18-36 inches
Width	18 inches
Heat tolerance	High
Water requirements	medium
Above information from aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu.