Last time a grew celosia, a neighbor's dog dug up the month-old seedlings,
so I never got to see it through a full season. I've got it growing now.
It's got the same plumes it started with. They just get bigger. Don't these
things ever fade and need to be deadheaded, or do the original plumes stick
around until frost?

Its an annual. If you allow the original plumes to go to seed, you will have
seed for next year.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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Last time a grew celosia, a neighbor's dog dug up the month-old seedlings,
so I never got to see it through a full season. I've got it growing now.
It's got the same plumes it started with. They just get bigger. Don't
these things ever fade and need to be deadheaded, or do the original
plumes stick around until frost?

Right - but they just make the one set of plumes? (zone 5, by the way).

"Cereus-validus......." wrote in message
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Its an annual. If you allow the original plumes to go to seed, you will
have seed for next year.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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Last time a grew celosia, a neighbor's dog dug up the month-old
seedlings, so I never got to see it through a full season. I've got it
growing now. It's got the same plumes it started with. They just get
bigger. Don't these things ever fade and need to be deadheaded, or do the
original plumes stick around until frost?

What do you mean?

If you are asking if they will bloom a second time, the answer is no. Just
let them do their thing by themselves.

They never fade. They are often used in dried flower arrangements.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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Right - but they just make the one set of plumes? (zone 5, by the way).

"Cereus-validus......." wrote in message
m...
Its an annual. If you allow the original plumes to go to seed, you will
have seed for next year.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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Last time a grew celosia, a neighbor's dog dug up the month-old
seedlings, so I never got to see it through a full season. I've got it
growing now. It's got the same plumes it started with. They just get
bigger. Don't these things ever fade and need to be deadheaded, or do
the original plumes stick around until frost?

"Cereus-validus......." wrote in message
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What do you mean?

If you are asking if they will bloom a second time, the answer is no.

That's what I meant.

Just let them do their thing by themselves.

Can't I nag them occasionally?


They never fade. They are often used in dried flower arrangements.

Hmmm.....interesting.