General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: Dwarf varieties to 10 inches high.. Standard varieties to 36 inches high.
Plant Spread: Dwarf varieties to 6 inches wide. Standard varieties 18 inches wide.
Flowers: Showy
Other: Crested
Flower Color: Orange
Purple
Red
White
Yellow
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
5"-6"
6"-12"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Botanical names
  • Accepted: Celosia argentea f. cristata
  • Synonym: Celosia pyramidalis
  • Synonym: Celosia cristata
  • Synonym: Celosia argentea var. cristata
  • Synonym: Celosia cristata var. castrensis
  • Synonym: Celosia castrensis

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Location: Vermont
Date: 2022-09-08
Location: Vermont
Date: 2022-09-08
Location: Vermont
Date: 2022-09-08
Location: Missouri
Date: 2019-08-08
Flower is just starting to form
Location: Vermont
Date: 2022-09-08
Location: My garden under pecan tree 
Date: 2019-09-10
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-04-07
Unnamed hybrid
Location: Kent, WA
Date: 06/30/2014

credit: Prenn

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