On another note: The Garden, a magazine of the Royal Horticultural Society, recently mentioned that Cosmos atrosanguineus is believed to be extinct in its native Mexico. But avid plant hunters ...

The vivid annuals flourish in beds, borders, containers and cutting gardens, yielding blooms ... There is also a third species, chocolate cosmos (`C. atrosanguineus’), with dark-maroon flowers ...

They're perfect in a meadow or English cottage garden, but they also look beautiful ... bipinnatus range from 1 to 6 feet in height. Cosmos atrosanguineus: Also known as chocolate cosmos, this ...