Yellow flowers glimmer on this dwarf Cosmos variety. Mixing this variety with some of the other dwarf cosmos types gives a pleasing effect. This easy-to-grow annual is pretty care-free but blooms all summer long. Because of their Mexican heritage these bright annuals meet high heat and drought conditions with native beauty and vigor. Spanish conquistadors searching for gold discovered these flowers on their journeys through Mexico. Mission gardens often included these flowers which priests gave the name cosmos the Greek word for a harmonious whole because of their neatly spaced petals. Cosmos flowers made their way to England with Spanish ambassadors in the late 18th century and to the United States in the following century.
