On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 04:08:56 GMT, "Pam - gardengal"
wrote:


"Greg Miller" wrote i

It's a flower that looks like a rooster, or someone with a mohawk.
It's a red flower, about 3' high with a fuzzy red convoluted surface.
(think of a sumac texture). It grows on a tubular stalk.

Most likely celosia, a fairly common and easily grown annual.

http://fusionanomaly.net/celosiabrai...ct282001. jpg

Comes in a variety of colors and shapes besides the convoluted 'brain' form.

Also known as 'cockscomb'!

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/senio...rs/Cocks19.htm