About
This bushy cultivar features plume-shaped flower clusters reaching up to 60 cm on pale pink stems. The leaves are vibrant green with a hint of pink. It provides enduring color throughout the growing season.
About the genus
Celosia can be classified as annuals, perennials, or shrubs. They feature either simple or lobed leaves that are arranged alternately. The small flowers, which are vividly colored, are grouped in large, plume-like clusters. Numerous cultivated varieties are closely associated with C. argentea.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H2
Plant details
- Plant type
- Annual Biennial
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 1 year
- Suggested uses
- Patio and container plants, Cottage and informal garden
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Annual that can be grown outside once frosts have passed. Grow in peat-free, loam-based potting compost in full light with good ventilation. Outdoors, plant in moist but well-drained fertile soil in full sun in a sheltered position. Apply a balanced liquid fertiliser every two weeks
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed
- Pest resistance
- Glasshouse red spider mite, glasshouse whitefly and aphids may be a problem under glass
- Disease resistance
- Foot and root rot and fungal leaf spot diseases may occur