Flamma Orange Celosia
Growing Flamma Orange Celosia
‘Flamma Orange’ is an award-winning celosia and 2024 All-America Selections Winner prized for its glowing orange color, compact growth, and exceptional garden performance. Numerous branches support robust feathery plumes and abundant secondary blooms, creating a full, long-lasting display throughout the summer.
Start ‘Flamma Orange’ indoors for transplanting or sow directly where conditions allow. Surface sow the seeds, pressing them lightly into the soil, and space plants 10 to 12 inches apart. Grow in full sun. This heat-tolerant variety is well suited to containers and smaller gardens and is also noted for good disease resistance.
Ready to bloom in about 90 days, enjoy the flowers as they open and reach their best display stage. The vivid plumes hold their color beautifully and provide excellent material for both fresh and dried arrangements.
Bright, compact, and versatile, ‘Flamma Orange’ is an excellent choice for containers, borders, beds, mass plantings, cut flower gardens, dried arrangements, and ornamental displays.
- Botanical Name: Celosia plumosa
- Days to Bloom: 70–90 Days
- Sow Method: Start Indoors or Direct Sow
- Sowing Depth: Surface Sow (Press Lightly)
- Plant Spacing: 10–12 Inches
- Sun Exposure: Full Sun
- Plant Height: 8-10 Inches
- Flower Color: Vibrant Orange Plumes
- Bloom Size: 3–5 Inches
- Growth Habit: Upright, Compact
- Life Cycle: Annual
- Best Uses: Containers, Borders, Bedding, Mass Plantings
- Hardiness Zones: Grown as Annual in Zones 3–10
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Start Indoors or Direct Sow
Surface Sow (Press Lightly)
8-10 Inches
Celosia plumosa