Sylphid Celosia Seeds

Celosia Sylphid seeds produce gracefully plumed flowers that offer airy movement and soft, elegant texture to garden beds and bouquets. Known for their feathery, upright blooms, these celosias thrive in warm weather and add long-lasting color through summer and fall. Their sturdy stems and unique textures make them highly desirable for cut flower arrangements, while their resilience and heat tolerance make them easy to grow in sunny garden locations. Celosia Sylphid performs beautifully in borders, pollinator gardens, and containers, offering a dependable splash of color even during hot, dry spells.

Variety Details

• Plant type: Annual
• Growth habit: Upright
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Flower character: Celosia Sylphid seeds produce gracefully plumed flowers that offer airy movement and soft, elegant texture to garden beds and bouquets.
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: 70-85°F
• Planting Depth: 1/8"
• Germination: 7-14 Days
• Height at Maturity: 24"-36"
• Days to Maturity: 90-120 Days
• Sun/Shade: Full Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 10"-12"

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Sylphid Celosia and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.

Place Sylphid Celosia where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.

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