celosia
Celosia argentea
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size1 to 3 feet tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Yellow, orange, pink, purple
- Foliage color
- Green, purple/lavender, red/burgundy
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Celosia (Celosia argentea) is an annual for borders, containers, cut flowers, and annual beds. It cannot take cold, and a freeze will end its season. This plant likes full sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or chalky soil. Bees and butterflies visit the blooms, and the plant tolerates drought. It sits low on the menu for deer. Flowers come in yellow, orange, pink, and purple.
Pairs well with Ageratum, French marigold, Zinnia, and Black-eyed Susan.
Native range
Tropical Africa.