Red Celosia Dragon's Breath Seed

If you like red, these are amazing!

I’ve been growing Dragon’s Breath Celosia for quite a few years now and love it. From the day you plant it out, it gives you a great blaze of scarlet color in your garden. Ideally in the upper Midwest I would start these in early March; however I don’t return to my summer home there until early April. Starting them then, they are a bit small when I plant them out after frost, but quickly grow and begin to look great. One word of caution, mice love them and one year a mouse ate my whole crop of seedlings. Celosias are very frost tender so what I like to do is plant them in a border with wider spacing than normal. I then start ornamental kale mid-summer and tuck in between the celosias. Just before frost the combination is absolutely glorious. When frost finally takes out the celosias, the kale will continue bringing joy late into the season. I’ve only ever seen these as large very expensive plants in garden centers, they start easily from seed, and are a very economical way to bring lots of red into your garden palette.

Plant Your Own

Ever since article was written about this plant in one of Gardening Magazine< have been buying at Home Improvement stores @ $7.00 normal pricing for 1 plant! Proves buy seeds and grow yourself! Lot Cheaper!

celosia dragons breath

i have grown these seeds for 5yrs i give these plants out to friends and neibors they always want this as plants are beautiful seeds from harris are good seed no problems easy to grow