Fresh Look Yellow Celosia Seeds

Big, Bright, Golden Sheaves of “Wheat”!
Loves heat and drought!
Genus: Celosia
Species: plumosa
Variety: Fresh Look Yellow
Item Form: (P) Pkt of 100 seeds
Bloom Start To End: Early Summer – Early Winter
Habit: Upright
Seeds Per Pack: 100
Plant Height: 12 in – 16 in
Plant Width: 12 in – 16 in
Bloom Size: 10 in
Additional Characteristics: Direct Sow, Flower, Long Bloomers
Bloom Color: Yellow
Foliage Color: Dark Green
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Moisture Requirements: Moist,  well-drained
Resistance: Drought Tolerant, Heat Tolerant
Soil Tolerance: Normal,  loamy
Uses: Cut Flowers, Ornamental, Outdoor

If you haven’t yet discovered the new Fresh Look series of Wheat Celosia, your garden doesn’t know what it’s missing! These sunny yellow blooms are as brilliant as the August sun at noon — and compared to older varieties of Celosia, just about as powerful! You’ll get larger, brighter blooms and many more of them from well-branched plants; a super-long season of bloom; and a terrific adaptability to just about any climate and soil! Start designing your sunny beds and borders around this miraculous new Wheat Celosia today!

Even if it hadn’t won an AAS award, Fresh Look Yellow would have my highest recommendation, based on how it looked in our trial gardens this year. Not only did it outlast every other Celosia (by weeks, not days!), but the individual blooms are much more eye-catching than others. The color is vivid, and the flowerstems reach up to 10 inches high on neat little plants just 12 to 16 inches tall and wide! Best of all from my point of view, Fresh Look Yellow never needs deadheading! New blooms and leaves spring up all around the old ones, keeping this plant looking as fresh in its third month of bloom as it did in its third week!

The flowers are awe-inspiring, but the vigor and adaptability of this Celosia really make it a sure bet in just about any garden. It needs full sun and appreciates good garden soil, but once it gets going, Fresh Look Yellow isn’t about to be slowed down by heat, drought, or pests. It takes off with strong lateral branches that keep the blooms coming all summer long, and needs very little attention from you.

Fresh Look Yellow has a red sister that has won the seldom-awarded Gold Medal from the AAS for outstanding garden performance, so if you like what you see, plant them both for a summer full of bright color! They also make nice companions to ornamental Peppers, Floss Flowers, and Rose Mosses, among others. With months of carefree color and an easy-to-care-for nature, how can they go wrong?

Start this seed indoors in late winter, about 8 to 10 weeks before last anticipated frost. The seed germinates in about 10 days and will begin blooming about 70 to 100 days after sowing. Pkt is 100 seeds.