2009 Fleuroeselect Novelty Award Winner.
No two flowers are just alike on this award winning Dutch cosmos, which explodes into bloom just 8 to 12 weeks after sowing. Big, bright daisies in bold colors simply cover this sun-loving plantand that's even before the butterflies, honeybees, and hummingbirds start visiting.
Peppermint Candy (formally known as 'Cosimo Purple Red-White') is a super-easy annual to grow from seed. Pop the seeds into the warm spring soil or start them early in the Bio Dome and then transplant to containers or the annual bed when the warm late-spring weather arrives. Cosmos is a friend to Monarch butterflies, honeybees, hoverflies (a beneficial pollinator in the garden), and even hummingbirds. And this open-pollinated variety is packed with the rich nectar these garden friends need! You will have winged visitors all season long with Peppermint Candy.
But the pollinators are just one small part of this plant's appeal. The real source is those bloomsbrilliant magenta-and-white daisies with yellow eyes. No two flowers will be just alike, but all will reach about 2½ inches wide, with overlapping petals and neatly notched edges. Long-lasting, they are just begging to be cut, so you will have to grow a few extra plants just for the purposes of keeping your vases and buttonholes filled. But no worrythe quicker you cut these flowers, the faster Peppermint Candy sets new buds!
Cosmos is often the very first summer-blooming annual to open its buds, and in many gardens it outlasts others by going right into fall. This is important as a bridge between summer and autumn, which can be a uncolorful season in many gardens. Butterflies and bees also appreciate the extended season for filling up on nectar.
Peppermint Candy should reach about 18 to 24 inches high and spread anywhere from 12 to 18 inches wide, staying smaller in containers with less root room. It's a great choice for the vegetable patch and herb garden, because it helps all its neighbors by bringing in "good bugs" to the garden. And it works beautifully in low water settings, where it needs little attention once it finds its feet and begins to flower. So easy!
This beautiful annual won Europe's top award for flowers from seed when it was introduced in 2009, and we have been enjoying it in the sunny garden every year since! Give it a try this season, and we guarantee you'll love the results. Perfect for novice gardeners, children, and all the rest of us too, Peppermint Candy is a treat! Often the very first summer annual to bloom, it sets armloads of magenta-and-white flowers with a small yellow center all summer long.
Great for cutting, bedding, and containers! Bring the garden into floor earlier than ever this year with Peppermint Candy!
Pkt of 30 seeds
These attractive, quick-growing plants are great for background planting, beds, and borders with masses of colorful, daisylike blooms fo cutting. Upright, sun-loving annual with finely cut foliage and an abundance of vibrant blooms on slender stems
Superior Germination Through Superior Science
First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University Inspected
Hand Packed By Experienced Technicians
Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold Standard
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.
2009 Fleuroeselect Novelty Award Winner.
No two flowers are just alike on this award winning Dutch cosmos, which explodes into bloom just 8 to 12 weeks after sowing. Big, bright daisies in bold colors simply cover this sun-loving plantand that's even before the butterflies, honeybees, and hummingbirds start visiting.
Peppermint Candy (formally known as 'Cosimo Purple Red-White') is a super-easy annual to grow from seed. Pop the seeds into the warm spring soil or start them early in the Bio Dome and then transplant to containers or the annual bed when the warm late-spring weather arrives. Cosmos is a friend to Monarch butterflies, honeybees, hoverflies (a beneficial pollinator in the garden), and even hummingbirds. And this open-pollinated variety is packed with the rich nectar these garden friends need! You will have winged visitors all season long with Peppermint Candy.
But the pollinators are just one small part of this plant's appeal. The real source is those bloomsbrilliant magenta-and-white daisies with yellow eyes. No two flowers will be just alike, but all will reach about 2½ inches wide, with overlapping petals and neatly notched edges. Long-lasting, they are just begging to be cut, so you will have to grow a few extra plants just for the purposes of keeping your vases and buttonholes filled. But no worrythe quicker you cut these flowers, the faster Peppermint Candy sets new buds!
Cosmos is often the very first summer-blooming annual to open its buds, and in many gardens it outlasts others by going right into fall. This is important as a bridge between summer and autumn, which can be a uncolorful season in many gardens. Butterflies and bees also appreciate the extended season for filling up on nectar.
Peppermint Candy should reach about 18 to 24 inches high and spread anywhere from 12 to 18 inches wide, staying smaller in containers with less root room. It's a great choice for the vegetable patch and herb garden, because it helps all its neighbors by bringing in "good bugs" to the garden. And it works beautifully in low water settings, where it needs little attention once it finds its feet and begins to flower. So easy!
This beautiful annual won Europe's top award for flowers from seed when it was introduced in 2009, and we have been enjoying it in the sunny garden every year since! Give it a try this season, and we guarantee you'll love the results. Perfect for novice gardeners, children, and all the rest of us too, Peppermint Candy is a treat! Often the very first summer annual to bloom, it sets armloads of magenta-and-white flowers with a small yellow center all summer long.
Great for cutting, bedding, and containers! Bring the garden into floor earlier than ever this year with Peppermint Candy!
Pkt of 30 seeds
These attractive, quick-growing plants are great for background planting, beds, and borders with masses of colorful, daisylike blooms fo cutting. Upright, sun-loving annual with finely cut foliage and an abundance of vibrant blooms on slender stems
Superior Germination Through Superior Science
First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University Inspected
Hand Packed By Experienced Technicians
Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold Standard
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.