Someone gave us this plant as a present - nobody seems to know what it is or what uses, if any, it has. If you know, please post a comment!
Tags: forest garden
Someone gave us this plant as a present - nobody seems to know what it is or what uses, if any, it has. If you know, please post a comment!
Tags: forest garden
Your plant is Cockscomb or Amerath.
It’ll get top heavy as the heads have millions of tiny seeds it can grow as tall as anything but ususally only about waist high on most people.
There’s more colors than just red, and their height can vary.
Enjoy your plants, as the more sed you put down the greater the number, there’s little or no fragrence from the furry heads on the plants.
If you’re Jewish.
Shabbat Shalom, Yosef of Ok.
Cockscomb - Celosia cristata.. they also appear in a conical variety.
Annual. full sun.
Good for dried flower arrangements. prolific reproduction from seed.
its as above said cockscomb
Thanks everyone for the replies.
Looking up the entry for Celosia cristata on the Plants for a Future website http://www.pfaf.org it tells me that the plant can be used as a vegetable (the young leaves, cooked) - though another report I’ve had says that the seeds also bear edible oil. In any case, it’s nice to know that our new ornamental is also useful - especially since my partner considers me to have a far too utilitarian attitude to the garden…
a esta flor le llaman cresta de gallo coloquialmente, yo estoy interesada en conseguirla pero no la encuentro en ningún sitio por sevilla,la he visto en un pueblo de Cádiz, Villaluenga del Rosario ,precioso pueblo cercano a Ubrique. no conozco su nombre científico pero si lo consigo te lo mandaré, un saludo