Celosia pinnate - flame of a fire in a flowerbed

Celosia pinnate belongs to the amaranth family. The Indian Peninsula is considered the homeland of celosia, but for Europe it became a common garden plant only during the Renaissance.

Celosia pinnate is a herbaceous plant, its height reaches one meter. The stem is straight with a reddish tint. The leaves are feathery and light green to purple-red in color. The flowers are small, brightly colored, collected in a panicle. The fruit is a round capsule in which small round shiny black seeds are formed.

Quite a few varieties of celosia of various colors and heights have been bred.

- dwarf (height from 20 to 30 centimeters)
- medium-sized (30-50 centimeters tall)
- tall (reach almost a meter in length)

Celosia pinnate. Cultivation agricultural technology

Celosia pinnate prefers warm, sunny places protected from the wind. This plant of southern latitudes dies even with minor frosts, but tolerates a lack of moisture well. Heavy acidic soils are not to her liking. The soil should be loose, with rotted compost or humus added before planting.

Celosia sown with seedlings at the beginning of spring, planting the seeds very finely, spray and cover with film or glass. After a week, shoots appear. Seedlings are planted into boxes, then into separate pots.

High humidity provokes rotting of the roots of seedlings.After spring frosts, celosia is planted in a permanent place with a distance of at least 20 cm between plants, as the bushes grow.

Care - weed control, moderate watering and loosening. In summer, you can feed with mullein infusion or full mineral fertilizer once every couple of weeks. When overfed with nitrogen fertilizers, it forms a powerful bush with medium-sized and dim panicles.