Many flower growers love this plant for a variety of shades and spectacular inflorescences. Panicled celosia is a grassy
annual plant. She belongs to the Amaranth family. Panicled celosia, like scallop, was bred by selection of silver celosia. These plants got their name due to the characteristic shape of inflorescences. So, panicled celosia is very similar to a broom, and scallop - like a crest of a rooster. In the first species,
small flowers make up the pyramidal inflorescences that crown the shoots of the plant. Breeders bred the most diverse varieties of these flowers, which vary in color. In care, this plant is unpretentious.
Panicled celosia is represented by several subspecies that differ in plant height. Low-growing ones have a height of 15-40 cm. They are grown as container and border plants. Tall celosia is used as a cutting plant (for making bouquets) and in mixborders. Their height is 50-90 cm. If the inflorescences of this plant are properly dried, they can be used to make dry bouquets. Previously, shoots and young leaves of silver celosia were used as a medicinal plant and used in cooking. In cultural gardening, you can also find cirrus cirrus (spiky). This plant has lilac-pink elongated inflorescences.
Celosia, the photographs of which are presented in this article, reproduces remarkably in seedlings, although some gardeners prefer to grow it by direct sowing of seeds in open ground. This should be done on the surface of the soil in peat pots with a substrate, since this plant tolerates the transplant very poorly. Crop boxes are covered with film or glass. The soil must be watered in a timely manner and periodically ventilated. The first seedlings sprout in a week. With a strong thickening of the seedlings, they must be thinned out immediately, since they quickly stretch and lie down. When these leaves appear (2-3), the seedlings dive. At the end of spring frosts (most often at the end of May), celosia is planted in a permanent place according to the scheme of 15-25 cm. Tall specimens are placed at a greater distance from each other.
Seedlings of annual celosia flowers with an untouched root system perfectly take root in a constant place. The soil for this plant should be selected fertile, saturated with humus, well-drained. On poor lands, panicled celosia is less decorative. To create spectacular compositions, she should carefully select partners for the flowerbed. To do this, when sowing seeds, you must immediately divide the seedlings by type and color. Panicled celosia prefers lighted areas that are protected from strong winds. This plant is thermophilic and needs regular watering. On fertile soil, this flower does not need additional fertilizing. Panicled celosia can be planted in containers on balconies.