Mojave Celosia Plant. Whether you plant the plumed type with its striking upright spires or the crested type with its fascinating twisted form you ll love using celosia in bouquets. Fertilize the plant using a liquid fertilizer once a month.
These annual flowers grow 12 to 36 inches tall and work well as border fronts clumped plantings or as cut and dried flowers. Celosias celiosa spp commonly called cockscomb feathered amaranth woolflower and red fox are warm weather flowering plants that thrive in hot humid. This plant can grow up to 3 ft in height if it receives a lot of sunlight.
The flowers are beautiful fresh but they can be dried easily if hung upside down.
If the celosia is planted in a container it will be considerably smaller and narrower but it will still flower. And they bloom in the striking colors of a glowing sunset. Strong enough to be placed in full sunlight it only requires enough water to avoid being bone dry making it a perfect fit for a desert yard. Celosia s iː ˈ l oʊ ʃ i ə see loh shee ə is a small genus of edible and ornamental plants in the amaranth family amaranthaceae the generic name is derived from the ancient greek word κήλεος kḗleos meaning burning and refers to the flame like flower heads species are commonly known as woolflowers or if the flower heads are crested by fasciation cockscombs.