Description
Celosia argentea
Heirloom
Huge, gorgeous ornamental plants produce tons of long green leaves, many blushed purple. Plants are topped with small but showy spiky pink celosia blooms, Easily up to 7′ tall in a season and basically bulletproof. Loves heat, tolerates drought and poor soil, grows quickly, no pest or disease problems, deer ignore. Leaves, tender stems and even young flowers are edible and super nutritious.. Recommend cooking, raw leaves are slightly bitter and heavy textured. Cooks very fast and gets smooth and mild when cooked.
Start indoors 4 to 6 weeks before last frost. Transplant after last frost.
Seed grown by Esoteric Agriculture
$4 per packet .5g seed
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