Dragon's Breath celosia is a newer variety that shows off rich reddish-pink flowers and purple-flushed foliage. It grows 24 inches and 16 wide.
Celosia 'Dragon's Breath' makes a superb feature plant for your summer patio displays. Feathery plumes of pillar-box red flowers rise above a mass of red-green foliage. This upright, bushy annual is quick growing and undemanding, with the colour often improving under challenging hot, dry conditions. Ideal for adding to exotic planting schemes - grow it in containers to create a showy focal point, or plant it throughout beds and borders for an exciting summer display.
When you first plant it, celosia likes regular watering to help it get established, but once it gets going, it's quite drought tolerant. Still, constant watering during hot, dry periods helps it grow better and bloom more profusely.
All plants require light for photosynthesis, the process within a plant that converts light, oxygen, and water into carbohydrates (energy). Plants require this energy to grow, bloom and produce seeds. Without adequate light, carbohydrates cannot be manufactured, the energy reserves are depleted and plants die. They need 12-14 hours of indirect sunlight.
Universal fertilizer is a granular and mineral product intended for the fertilization of all types of garden cultivations. Its balanced content is suitable both for fruit trees, fruit bushes, vegetables, and ornamental plants. The even composition of individual elements makes the fertilizer universal.
Trim out dead and damaged leaves any time, pinching off or cutting off each of those leaves at its base. Avoid cutting into a plant's main stems or its crown, which is where its leaves and roots meet.
Plants that don't like a lot of moisture will need a drainage hole for moisture to escape and for airflow to circulate through the pot. Another important function of drainage holes is to allow water to flush the soil of excess salts from fertilizers.
