Pink Spiked Celosia
Celosia cristata Pink Spiked
When Jefferson noted the planting of "Cockscomb" in 1767, he most likely meant the scarlet-colored lobed variety rather than this, its pink spiked cousin.
Jefferson noted the planting of "Cockscomb" in 1767. By this he most likely meant the scarlet-colored Celosia cristata. The 'Pink Spiked' variety shows spikes of silvery-pink flowers rather than the lobed forms of the Cockscomb.
'Pink Spiked' was grown in the gardens of Monticello beginning in 1984, when seed was obtained from Colonial Williamsburg.
It is no longer cultivated in the gardens because of cross-pollination with Cockscomb..
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