49 – 63 days. Sonata Mix cosmos seeds grow an effortless and full sun performer perfect for just about any garden in the country. Sonata Mix seeds quickly mature into robust 20 – 24” spreading mounds popularly left trailing from planters, window boxes, or as an elegant border out in the flower bed. Sonata Mix cosmos seeds promise unique daisy-like blooms in a seasonal mix of rose, white, pink, and magenta. Sonata Mix cosmos is tolerant, easy to grow from seed, and an ideal grow for novice, busy, or limited gardeners. 500 seeds.

Growing Sonata Mix Cosmos Garden Seeds

• Taxonomy: Cosmos bipinnatus
• Other Names: Garden Cosmos, Mexican Aster
• Seed Type: Annual
• Sow Indoors or Outdoors: Sonata Mix cosmos seeds are popularly sown outdoors directly after the frost. But for earliest spring blooms, begin seeds indoors 6 – 8 weeks prior and harden off to a sunny place in the garden or decorative planter. Sonata Mix cosmos is just as popular indoors as out. Germination will take 14 – 21 days in full lighting.
• Days to Maturity: 49 – 63 days
• Hardiness Zone: 2 – 11
• Planting Depth: Lightly press 4 – 6 seeds into soil
• Plant Spacing: 24”
• Growth Habit: 20 – 24” tall mounded shrub with a 24 – 36” spread of 2 – 4” daisy-like blooms
• Soil Preference: Average, medium dry, well-drained
• Light Preference: Full sun
• Diseases/Pests/Troubleshooting: Sonata Mix cosmos is a hardy full sun performer known to be low-maintenance and tolerant to heat and drought. Do not overwater because cosmos will suffer in overly saturated and poorly drained gardens. Plants may reseed for next season, but may do so too aggressively to the point where it becomes invasive. Sonata Mix cosmos has no serious insects, pests, or diseases.
• Color: A mix of rose, white, pink, and magenta blooms

Sonata Mix cosmos seeds are popularly sown outdoors directly after the frost. But for earliest spring blooms, begin seeds indoors 6 – 8 weeks prior and harden off to a sunny place in the garden or decorative planter. Sonata Mix cosmos is just as popular indoors as out. Germination will take 14 – 21 days in full lighting. Lightly press 4 – 6 Sonata Mix cosmos seeds 24" apart into average, medium dry, and well-drained soil in full sun. Sonata Mix cosmos is a hardy full sun performer known to be low-maintenance and tolerant to heat and drought. Do not overwater because cosmos will suffer in overly saturated and poorly drained gardens. Plants may reseed for next season, but may do so too aggressively to the point where it becomes invasive. Sonata Mix cosmos has no serious insects, pests, or diseases. Sonata Mix cosmos seeds mature in 49 – 63 days as 20 – 24” tall mounded shrubs with a 24 – 36” spread of 2 – 4” daisy-like blooms.

Cosmos bipinnatus, or more commonly known as just Cosmos, is native to the arid and warm climates of Mexico, but has since been naturalized throughout most of the world's similar climates. Cosmos bipinnatus grows so effortlessly in the United States that it is considered an invasive species in several counties from California, Utah, and New Mexico and all the way up and down the Atlantic and Great Lakes states.