Celosia cristata 'Dracula'
Celosia 'Dracula'
Brightly coloured flowers resembling feather plumes appear 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. Celosia cristata has an unusual shape and eye-catching colour.
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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
Celosia 'Dracula'
Latin name
Celosia cristata 'Dracula'
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
full grown dimensions
0.30 M
0.40 M
Celosia cristata 'Dracula'
Brightly coloured flowers resembling feather plumes appear 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. Celosia cristata has an unusual shape and eye-catching colour.
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.
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