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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  I got a bunch of different colors...but oddly it does kind of seem like the red ones may be faring better. Odd. I wonder how you know when a celosia bloom is "done" - do you know? If it is done, do you just snip it off?
Yeah, the ocotillo does bloom a few times a year and it looks so pretty. It's a very sculptural looking kind of plant, to me. The really old/mature/tall/full ones are just amazing looking. They are very slow growers. And not cheap either! |
I snip them when they get really tall and bring them inside. But I don't wait till end of season, just when I think they are getting too tall. At the end of summer or beginning of fall they just start dying and you can really tell they are done.
Have you seen yellow bird of paradise? The desert one, not the tropicla one. Since you also like the weirder looking flowers, I think you would like these. I love the flowers. Reminds me of the car lashes people put on their smart cars.
https://www.google.com/search?q=yell...w=1173&bih=611
We bought two and are doing well but haven't flowered yet. But I see so many around town that are flowering like crazy. We also got the red Mexican one but that one is very slow growing and no flowers yet. And we got that one last year!