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Last year I tried Celosia ‘Spiky Purple’ for the first time. I sprouted the seeds indoors. Their germination rate was excellent, and the little plants that grew were sturdy and well-behaved.
‘Spiky Purple’ grows 12 to 16 inches tall. The wine-purple flowers appear in clusters like a candelabra. In the garden the plants had no disease or pest problems, and they bloomed until frost.
I was so pleased with the variety that I’m going to grow them again this year. But I’m going to make one little adjustment based on a note I put in my garden journal. ‘Spiky Purple’ has embarrassing chicken legs!” I’ll be sure to plant them behind something bushy like Profusion Zinnias to cover up those scrawny gams.