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US
/tʃɛˈɫoʊsiə/
]
NOUN
- annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa
How To Use Celosia In A Sentence
- Your celosia seeds have germinated here, were winter sowed in the milk jugs. Tulips 2010 « Fairegarden
- (_Celosia cristata_), which is an annual, there are several races in which the flower-stem is wonderfully "fasciated" or compressed; and one has been exhibited [788] actually eighteen inches in breadth. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.
- The celosia for one (seed packet) and now I have dinner plate Dahlias about a foot and a half tall (tuber) bloom or not to bloom will tell the whole story of thrifty shopping. Tulips 2010 « Fairegarden
- The campanula, which has been a great focal flower in the past, was pretty much a loss, as was my first planting of celosia.
- Hydrangeas, celosia, yarrow, baby's breath, rose buds, and cornflowers also dry well and make gorgeous decorations.
- Skip dwarf bedding plants; you need celosias 20-to 40-inches tall for dramatic vertical accent in arrangements.
- Some of the best and most widely adapted annual cut flowers with the longest vase life include alstroemeria, aster, celosia, cosmos, gypsophila, lavatera, rudbeckia, scabiosa, snapdragon, statice, sunflower, yarrow, and zinnia.
- Harvest celosia, statice, gladiolus, dahlias, collards, mustard, tatsoi, kale, carrots, sweet Williams, zinnia, lilies, chief celosia, arugula, bok choi, mei choi and Chinese cabbage.
- Replace fading cool-season annuals with heat lovers like celosias, dahlias, marigolds, petunias, salvias, and verbenas.
- A sloped celosia grid meant to evoke renaissance perspective drawings was placed in the middle of the core in order to distort and emphasize the view.