Kyla that is a good point about self-seeding. C. sulphureus is definitely a perennial--just a tender one around here. Maybe C. bipinnatus is a true annual? Or maybe there is another bright orange cosmos!
If so, I need to know about it, so I can plant it!!
Sounds like quite a day's work, especially with trying to dig up a tree around a chain link fence!
I'd be tired, too!
Let us know how your new book is! I always love it when I get a new gardening book. The book I ordered most recently was a field guide to butterflies in Loudoun County, VA--figuring I am close enough to Loudoun County for the book to be applicable to me, too!
Anyway, so much fun to look through the photos and read the info.
What new seeds did you get?
Sounds like a fine day! Especially that Monarch!!