Asian Garden cockscomb
Celosia argentea 'Asian Garden'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size2 to 4 feet tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Asian Garden' cockscomb (Celosia argentea 'Asian Garden') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, containers, and pollinator gardens. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes full sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or chalky soil. It sits low on the menu for deer. It grows fast to 24 to 47 inches tall and stays 12 to 24 inches wide. Bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and birds visit the blooms.
Pairs well with Snapdragon, Love-lies-bleeding, and Cerise Queen yarrow.