Celosia argentea var. cristata (Plumosa Group) 'CEL1027039' syn. Celosia 'Sunday Wine Red'
Cockscomb 'Sunday Wine Red'
Celosa bears brightly coloured flowers resembling feather plumes from mid-summer to early autumn. Only annual varieties of C. argentea are cultivated in Britain as exotic looking summer bedding plants which require a warm, sheltered position. Other species need to be grown as pot plants and sited in a warm location. Plumosa Group celosia (commonly called feather celosia, plumed celosia or feathered amaranth) are compact,and have narrow-pyramidal, plume-like flower heads (4-10” long) made up of tiny, densely-packed, brightly coloured flowers in shades of cream, yellow, orange, red or purple. throughout Summer and into Autumn. 'Sunday Wine Red' has, unsurprisingly, wine-red flowers
Contributed by @sophi
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and rich
Common name
Cockscomb 'Sunday Wine Red'
Latin name
Celosia argentea var. cristata (Plumosa Group) 'CEL1027039' syn. Celosia 'Sunday Wine Red'
type
Annual
family
Amaranthaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Moist and rich
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.50 M
0.60 M
Celosia argentea var. cristata (Plumosa Group) 'CEL1027039' syn. Celosia 'Sunday Wine Red'
Celosa bears brightly coloured flowers resembling feather plumes from mid-summer to early autumn. Only annual varieties of C. argentea are cultivated in Britain as exotic looking summer bedding plants which require a warm, sheltered position. Other species need to be grown as pot plants and sited in a warm location. Plumosa Group celosia (commonly called feather celosia, plumed celosia or feathered amaranth) are compact,and have narrow-pyramidal, plume-like flower heads (4-10” long) made up of tiny, densely-packed, brightly coloured flowers in shades of cream, yellow, orange, red or purple. throughout Summer and into Autumn. 'Sunday Wine Red' has, unsurprisingly, wine-red flowers
Planting Outdoors Spring
From Late Spring TO Late Spring
Plant outdoors when all risk of frost has passed, in fertile, moisture retentive soil in full sun and in a sheltered position. Grow C. cristata and var. plumosa in pots in the greenhouse. No artificial heating is needed after mid-spring. Grow in good light but shaded from direct midday sun.
Propagation by seed
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Sow seed in greenhouse in early spring, providing a minimum temperature of 15C.
Flowering
From Late Spring TO Early Autumn
Celosia argentea in the plumosa group bloom from late Spring all through Summer and into Autumn
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