Quantity
Approximately 50 seeds
Exposure
Sun
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Family
Amaranthaceae
Type
Annual flower
Cycle
Annual
Celosia 'Flamingo Feather' is a spectacular annual that brings a light and refined presence to the garden with its long, feathery, pale pink spikes with silvery reflections. From the first blooms, it infuses an airy elegance into sunny flowerbeds, where its straight, sturdy stems create a much sought-after vertical effect. Its early and generous flowering extends throughout the summer season, offering an abundance of decorative stalks as beautiful in the garden as they are in a bouquet. Highly prized as a cut flower, it maintains excellent vase life and also lends itself wonderfully to dried arrangements, extending its charm long after harvest. Its upright habit and ability to produce numerous branches make it a particularly productive variety, ideal for cutting gardens. It also attracts pollinators, which enliven its inflorescences and enrich the life of the summer garden. Easy to grow in full sun in well-drained soil, it combines beauty, yield, and versatility with rare grace. Cultivating this celosia means inviting into the garden a flower that is at once supple, luminous, and expressive, perfect for creating lively floral scenes and bouquets full of movement.
Planting guide
From plantingto establishment.
Planting depth
0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Establishment temperature
20 to 24 °C (68 to 75 °F)
Establishment time
10 to 15 days
Soil and care
The rightconditions.
Exposure
Sun
Soil
Well drained
Watering
Moderate
Container growing
A controlledenvironment.
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Bloom and dimensions
The completeprofile.
Bloom periodJuly to October
Harvest90 to 110 days after sowing
Garden associations
What to plantwith it.
Good companionszinnias, cosmos, amaranths
Avoid planting withno known enemies
cut flowers, dried bouquets, flowerbeds
