Common varieties of cockscomb

Cockscomb varieties classified by appearance

Spherical flower type

The species with a particularly dense and spherical corolla is called "Kurume Celosia" and is very common in flower beds and cut flower cultivation.

Feather-shaped flower

The flowers are feather-shaped, the corolla is flame-like, and the colors are bright. They are very pleasing whether grown in flower beds or as cut flowers.

Spear-shaped flower

The corolla is shaped like a fir tree cone, with short and compact flower spikes, some of which are particularly suitable for cut flowers.

Common Cockscomb Varieties

Common Celosia

It is about 40-60 cm tall, with very few branches, and the flowers are flat and wrinkled, very similar to a cockscomb. The colors of the flowers include purple, dark red, pink, light yellow or milky white, single or multiple colors.

There are generally two varieties cultivated. The tall cockscomb has a plant height of 80-120 cm, and the flowers are mostly purple-red; the dwarf cockscomb has a plant height of 15-30 cm, and the flowers are mostly purple-red or dark red.

Cock comb

The plant is 30-50 cm tall, with many slanting branches. The whole plant is broadly conical in shape, dense and neat.

The terminal inflorescence of the main trunk is large, wrinkled and inverted cone-shaped. There are many small inflorescences beside the base of the main inflorescence. The tops of the side branches are similar. The flowers are orange-red, the leaves are dark green with earthy red.

Round velvet cockscomb

Plant height is 40-60 cm. The flowers are very densely packed and densely pubescent.

Cockscomb

Also known as Cockscomb or Broom Cockscomb, the plant height is 30~150 cm.

The stem is erect, the leaves are ovate-lanceolate, and the inflorescence is composed of many small inflorescences gathered in a spike shape.

Leaves simple, alternate or opposite, without stipules. Flowers bisexual, rarely unisexual, in axillary cymes or arranged in panicles; bracts small, 2, membranous, tepals 3-5, often membranous, stamens often the same number as tepals and opposite.