David
Loving other people's gardens on GT and with a little help from the community I hope to one day love my own!
Mid Summer 2015
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Mid Summer 2015
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David
Help me identify this plant please - another bargain bucket (annual?) without a label 😁 Now serving nicely as a table centre piece for a weekend BBQ!! Any ideas what it is? The flower is incredible, it looks like rippled velvet. Thanks fellow GT'ers!
KatieCat
David you must find out what its called as i think many of us would like one for next year
debsm
Could be a celosia
David
@kateellery40gmailcom it really is exquisite!! I've never seen anything like it 😍
David
@debsm there's nothing in the encyclopedia for Celosia but looking in the web you could be right. Thank you! I'll dig a little deeper for the variety and add it to the encyclopedia!
debsm
😊
teamgardentags
Great 📷 angle
Naomi126
David
cn2506
And the leaves! 🌿
I have been through my garders encylopedia with 8000 plants in it and cannot find anything like yours, please go and ask where you got it from,maybe they will remember
Gardeners lol
What a fab plant, love the unusual texture of the flowers looks like red suede 😉 lol - the leaves look like they are from the Begonia family????
Hi @MariaMc it is lovely isnt it?! It looks like its a Celosia, just not sure of the variety yet!
I have just done an image search 😆 cant find it 😟
If it is a celosia the Geisha Series has a wide range of colours but the celosia in my book does not have coloured leaves and the flower head are feathery
Celosia argentea cristata.The flowers are very unusual in the shape and texture. They are similar to a piece of coral. It belongs to the family Amaranthaceae
Thanks @debsm @MariaMc and @kateellery40gmailcom for all your help with this plant! It is now in the encyclopedia and link 🙏🏼 ☺️
Down here in the Caribbean #Jamaica we call it it #cockscomb because it resembles the comb on the rooster's head. Ha ha
I can see the resemblance @Jason! Such a beautiful plant. Do these grow wild in the Caribbean?
No they dont. I can only speak for Jamaica now. I had some years ago but I haven't been growing annuals these days.