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Hi gardenlady,
Your plants are Cosmos. I was surprised too when my orange Cosmos came up and the leaves were much thicker than the others I've grown. They are different species and thus the differences. The first picture shows the two together. The second, a little closer view.
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brockthegreek,

well, if my pictures are indeed cosmos.....then why aren't they blooming.....or will they?

Hey Pam,
Looking at the height of yours, mine were a bit taller before they bloomed. You may still have enough time in the growing season to see flowers. I don't know how things are in your zone 5. In my zone 7, they have bloomed for awhile and are starting to die back some. I hope they will for you.
Jimmy

Hi gardenlady. I must have grown the very same kind of seeds. It is almost five feet tall now & as of yet, still no sign of blooms on mine, either.
It looks as though it is a giant Cosmos sulphureus, on steroids & still growing taller!
I've never known them to show this form of gigantism before.

We'll have to share info, when & if it ever flowers.
Since I'm near the Chesapeake Bay, it's got plenty of time, as it could possibly be until December before there is a hard freeze, cold enough to kill it...

They definitely look like the Cosmos Sulphureus (Bright Lights) I have been growing for the past two years. I planted them in the spring of 2008 (I got the seeds from Pine Tree) and all of them grew very tall (7-8 feet) and bloomed so late (October-November when they started) that I thought I was raising ragweed. Some of the stems were an inch across. They bloomed like mad on into January when the killing frost hit. They were absolutely beautiful, constantly covered with flowers.

This year they had reseeded and I had about a thousand of them. Some stayed short like Bright Lights is supposed to, but others have grown to nine feet or more. Most of the really tall ones have not started blooming yet. If I could remember how to put a photo on Photobucket, I could post a picture of one that started blooming just a few days ago that is at least 10 feet tall. Maybe they are Teenage Mutant Ninja Cosmos....
Unfortunately, up north it may get too cold for them before they have a chance to bloom.

I agree with the comment about "bright Lights" mix. I've grown that variety. It is one of my favorite of the cosmos. Usually they are the first to bloom for us. Unfortunately the growing season just ended tonight and if anything should survive this frost, it won't survive the big freeze this Saturday. You may or may not have that problem in your zone.
I wish I knew how to put images up, or I could show you a few of mine. They are identical to the orange ones.

Here is what mines look like,they will blossom
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Looks like Cosmic Orange. If they are not blooming, you might have put a lot of fert. I didn't put any fert and placed them on a poor soil as well. They produced a lot flower! :)