How tall is your cosmos?
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Have lots of Orange-Red 4ft tall Cosmos
Comments (1)Hello I have blue Wood Hyacinth seeds ( 2008) for a trade of your 4 ft tall cosmos seeds. Have a pic if you are interested. PLMK...See MoreSaving Tall Cosmo Seeds
Comments (11)Cosmos bipinnatus is the name of the pink and white ones (cosmos sulphureus tend to the oranges and yellows) - there is considerable variation in size and colour though, ranging from the dwarf 'Sonata' range to the much taller white 'Purity'. There are also seed strains with deeper coloured centres (and smaller flowers such as 'sweet dreams' and those curious quilled petals 'Pied Piper'. Easy to grow from seed and once you have done so, it will reseed (in a temperate climate) year by year....See MoreHow tall is your toe kick area?
Comments (10)3.5" which is just fine. 4" is standard and I read that this newly augmented standard is a function of needing space to allow for new, thicker workboots. Dunno if that's true, but there aren't any workboots in my household and quite frankly, even if there were, the 3.5" would accommodate them anyway. I don't know why they're made so big, just cuts down on cabinet space, seems to me. Do a google search on this topic, there have been many discussions of it....See MoreAre my upper cabinets going to be too tall? How tall are yours?
Comments (2)There was just a thread on this a few days ago - I've linked it below in case you didn't see it. Following their rule of thumb, if you have 56" total for the two cabinets the upper should be should be about 18", but you can do whatever you think looks good. I have 60" total in my kitchen, so mine should 40" and 20". We aren't using custom cabinets, so the closest standard cabinets would be 42" and 18". I don't like that look, so I'm going 36" and 24". Also, I like about 12" between shelves, so that allows me a shelf spacing I'll like. Here is a link that might be useful: Stacked cabinet link...See Morev1rt
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