Description
Celosia cristata
This wonderfully fuzzy little weirdo wants to make a statement in your garden!
The unique, bright red flowers on this plant are actually showy bracts that perhaps eerily resemble the comb on a rooster’s head. Its distinctiveness has intrigued cultures everywhere it has traveled, and it has indeed traveled! For centuries, folks from India to China to Europe to the Americas have welcomed Celosia into their lives. Can be used fresh or dried in bouquets. Plants grow 1-2’ tall, occasionally taller in very fertile soil.
Seeds grown by Yuri and Marlin Navarro at Valley Flower Farm in Marsing, Idaho and Sunnyside Vine Farm in Lenore, Idaho.
125 seeds
Directions: Start seeds indoors and gently press seeds into surface of soil. Transplant after danger of frost has passed.
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Planting Depth |
Seed Spacing |
Days to Germination |
Days to Maturity |
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On surface |
12-18” |
7-10 |
90 |