I just love these cosmos. I believe they are called candy stripe. Both of these are from the same seed packet. The lighter ones are what was on the packet but I do like the darker color too thought it is more purple than the photo makes it look. I planted these away from other cosmos so I could save some seed.
I picked almost 3 lbs of raspberries on Wednesday and another 3 lbs today. I’ve got raspberries comin’ out my ears and probably another month or so of picking. The raspberry jam I made early on is still very thin. I read somewhere that raspberries don’t have a lot of natural pectin. Probably because one minute they are nowhere near ripe and a couple of hours later they are so ripe they are falling off the vine. Perhaps I should try adding extra pectin next time. Anyone have any luck with raspberry jam/jelly?
5 responses so far ↓
1 OldRoses // Sep 26, 2005 at 4:53 am
Lovely. I have cosmos that look like that. The originals were called Picotee and were planted years ago. The reseed every year and every year get more colorful, with more patterns.
2 Sandy // Sep 26, 2005 at 11:32 am
Great picture of the cosmos. You are lucky to still have raspberries. Yummy!
3 kerry // Sep 26, 2005 at 9:38 pm
I am hoping these reseed and come back. I have some orange ones that make a showing every year in another bed. Cosmos are one of my favorites.
My raspberries bear either in the spring and fall or just in the fall depending on how I manage them. If I cut the canes back to the ground in the winter I get a larger fall only harvest from about mid August through till frost.
4 kerri // May 16, 2006 at 8:05 pm
Cosmos is one of my favorites too. I love those pinks.
I have good luck with rasberry jam, but I use sure jell. It comes out perfect every time.
I arrived here at an archive post from Sandy’s garden! I’ve been here before (and said hello I think).
5 kerry // May 17, 2006 at 6:59 am
I checked my raspberry jam from last summer and it has finally set. I guess it just takes a while.
I have lots of volunteer cosmos coming up where this patch was. I’ll be interested to see if they are the same color.
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