CELOSIA - Cockscomb Mixed

Species: Celosia
Latin name: Celosia Crestata L.
Other usual name: Célosie à Panache - en. Cockscomb - Woolflowers - de. Celosia - it. Cresta de Gallo
Variety: Cockscomb
Family: Amarantaceae
Origin: Asia

Celosia : Called Cockscombs for their brightly colored, woolly flowerheads. It's an annual common ornamental garden plant. Blooms are tightly clustered which resemble a rooster's comb they appear in July until October and even November according to the climate. The celosia is splendid for the edges, solid masses and flowersbeds.

Seed sowing: February, Mars under greenhouse, transplant from April to June
Flowering of the celosia : July to October
Height: Celosia reaches on average 70 to 80 cm
Exposure: Sunny

Sowing instructions: 1.) Seed sowing from March to May in pots or containers, maintain a temperature of 18 °C, transplant out of containers as soon as the seedlings are easy to handle if sowing in pot, continue to leave them at a temperature of 10 to 15 °C until the final installation in place or open ground in May. 2.) You can start sowings in January to get flowers earlier.

Sowing distance: 25 by 15 cm
Minimum seed sowing temperature: 18 °C

Net weight of seeds: 1 gr +/- 1350 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.