We bought a native pack two years ago and they did well last year. This year they took over the garden. It’s beautiful but I have no idea flower name
by jeremycb29
We bought a native pack two years ago and they did well last year. This year they took over the garden. It’s beautiful but I have no idea flower name
by jeremycb29
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They look like orange cosmos , it’s hard to tell the picture is too far , you need an up close picture . I have had orange cosmos before it’s not native it’s an annual and it reseeded like madness , it’s so so agressive , it doesn’t have the feathery leaves like the pink cosmos , thicker leaves . I only purchase my seeds in a reputable nursery Prairie Moon Nursery is the place to go for native seeds . I hate these ones , they reseed so much they are invasive , I ripped all mine I might have had 100s of seedlings .
Google Lens says they are cosmos sulphureus.
Where are you located? It looks like sulphur cosmos.
https://preview.redd.it/9a8dyqnscsuf1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=771d1407f8248d79533bae76e98e9bcb775a2d98
Gonna be difficult for anyone to get a 100% accurate ID
It’s not a great picture. Are those individual flowers or clusters of tiny flower heads? The leaves look like tansy, which is a Eurasian invader. Did you try using Google lens or I naturalist to identify? That doesn’t work you need to post a clear picture of the flower head and someone will know it
They look like cosmos which are Mexican
Yeah so they’re cosmos sulphureus. They’re native to Central America and Mexico and [have invasive potential](https://www.wildflower.org/expert/show.php?id=9284) elsewhere.
Unfortunately a lot of wildflower packets have [non-native seeds](https://u.osu.edu/strange.54/2021/02/13/helping-your-local-pollinators-the-problem-with-wildflower-mixes-and-how-to-move-beyond-them/) and even invasives.
They are very pretty. Not a US native, but pretty.
Sulphur cosmos!!
https://preview.redd.it/tx8le5figsuf1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fc6341441d492893783a2401df6958d2cedc08e
Picture is from last year, had a packet of sulphur cosmos I threw down wherever and they grew like crazy!
Out of curiosity, how much did it cost? Cosmos seeds are so easy to collect and they should be free 😂. Especially Sulphur Cosmos. Wondering how much I can make 🤔 selling them as wildflower seeds.
Yellow/ sulfur cosmos – pollinators love them and drought tolerant so I plant them with the native mix. I love the color too
Cosmos Sulphureus for sure
So the verdict is cosmos sulphureus. These are over 12 feet tall though which if I googled right might be a record
I’m no botanist, but I think those are plants.
Cosmos.
Why don’t ppl Google image first? Or use a free plant identifier ????
A better, up close picture would be helpful. Plant identification requires more than this long distance view.