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HELP! - Celosia

newgardeners2020newgardeners2020 Posts: 48
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Our previous post in June 're Celosia plant Our poor plant is worse (see photo attached). Is there anything that can be done with it, or is it deceased? Plus, if it is still alive will it need special care over winter?
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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    My mum used to grow these from seed fresh every year.
    She never overwintered them.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Don't think they're hardy in the UK. Maybe in one of those courtyard/sheltered gardens in the south, or a city in the south at a push. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Certainly weren’t where we lived in London and that was a very sheltered spot.
    They're grown as annuals and my mum grew them as houseplants.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Ah - I wasn't sure if they were one of those annuals that might  overwinter in a suitable location @Lyn - like pelargoniums.   :)
    Not something I would ever grow though. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Like some other plants you need to dead head them.
    As soon as the flower spike starts to fade remove it to stop seed forming, then new flower spikes appear lower down. They're smaller than the main spikes, but more of them.
    I've never kept them over winter as they're easy from seed.

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  • strelitzia32strelitzia32 Posts: 758
    I tried to overwinter a bunch last year in the back of a greenhouse to try and cut down the reseeding. They still died, they really hate the cold...
  • newgardeners2020newgardeners2020 Posts: 48
    Thank you all. The label had said it was suitable for sheltered outdoors - so being a complete numpty novice I didn't doubt it! I'll try and save it as recommended by you all and maybe put it in the porch, but suspect it would rather be in the balmy south of England than West of Scotland with winter looming  ;) 
    Thanks everyone.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I expect they meant sheltered outdoors - for summer  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Some seeds here. https://www.suttons.co.uk/Gardening/Flower-Seeds/All-Flower-Seeds/Celosia-Seeds---Flamingo-Feather_108466.htm?utm_source=google&utm_medium=surfaces&utm_campaign=shopping feed&utm_content=free google shopping clicks&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqf7Ixc_p6wIVqujtCh0k6gFyEAQYBCABEgKnOfD_BwE
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • newgardeners2020newgardeners2020 Posts: 48
    Thank you @Lyn. Have you used this website company before?
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