Amish Cockscomb Celosia Flower

90 Days to Maturity. Certified Organic.

Amish Cockscomb is a unique and brilliant flower for your garden collection not only in the field but also in your bouquets. This flower blooms in fuzzy fuschia curls reminiscent of some oceanic creature. When your friends and family visit, you can let them know that this flower originated in the tropics and eventually found its way to Europe in the 1570s, finally landing in the United States via Switzerland one hundred years later. Great used as a fresh or dried cut flower adding a saturated shock of color in both forms.

Transplant. Sow indoors 6 weeks before last frost date. Plant out once threat of frost has passed. Slow growing at first before taking off and producing a large, central cockscomb with abundant, smaller auxiliary flowers. Can be grown similar to strawflower.

Seed Source Information:

Lot # CE-OG-1043-2022: Produced by Cody Egan in Mabel, MN in 2022. 

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