Learn how to save cosmos seeds to grow these cottage garden plants in your garden year after year.

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Saving cosmos seeds is an easy and economical way to preserve the seeds of this sweet romantic flower, to plant in your garden next season.

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Cosmos blooms are airy and ethereal, and always a pleasure to grow. The leaves are lacy and fine and soft to the touch.

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Saving cosmos seeds helps to save on some costs for future crops, however it is much more than just that.

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If you harvest flower seeds and save your seed from year to year, over time the seeds will become more hardy and adapted to your garden space.

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Cosmos are some of the easiest flowers from which to save seed.We harvest and save cosmos seeds after every growing season, and plant them out again the following spring.

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Cosmos seeds are located in the centre disc of the flower. Seeds will form on the flower if pollinators fertilize the tiny florets growing within the bloom.

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The seeds are contained within the dried centre disc at maturity. Mature seeds will easily fall out of the seed head at the slightest touch.

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Harvest cosmos seed at the end of the growing season, when the seed heads have matured, and the seeds become loose and begin to fall away from the pods.

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Removing the seeds from the cosmos seed head is extremely easy, because the seeds are right there, mixed in with a bit of chaff.

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When the seeds are fully ripe, just brushing the seed pod with your finger will dislodge the seeds from the seed head.

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Cosmos seeds are light beige or brown in color, and are elongated with a narrowing at each end.The seeds measure approximately 5 to 6 mm in length.

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Cosmos seeds can be stored in paper envelopes or Kraft bags, which will help to keep them dry.

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Saving cosmos seeds is a great way to perpetuate these beautiful flowers in your garden year after year.

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For more information, see the tutorial!