Cockscombs

Cockscombs are flowers which have bright colored showy annual flowers that make wonderful cut flowers. They appear in summer and last throughout autumn. They remain as such throughout winter and many uses them as "everlasting "flowers. They have wavy plumy masses of cockscomb looks amazing and marvelous when they are fully grown. As they look velvety in texture and makes ideal flowers for decoration. The flowers appear so soft that anyone will feel like touching them.

Cockscombs signify affection and so a bouquet or a gift made out of cockscomb will remain as a testimonial of your warm and pure affections. Their difference in appearance also makes them a different and unique gift. There isn’t anyone who hates variety and hence bouquets of cockscomb will surely a different and unexpected gift to your dear ones. They would be ideal to be sending to your sweetheart, friends and family as they will keep on remind your affection for them throughout the year. If you are abroad or far away from home a bouquet of well arranged cockscombs will let your dear ones miss your affection and love for them. Cockscombs will also be treasured for their beauty. Beautifully arranged cockscomb flowers will be an ideal gift to your dating partner too which symbolizes your affection for them. They can be send to anyone whom you value much and to whom you are much affectionate and as cockscomb are long lasting their very appearance may let your dear ones treasure your feelings for them.

Cockscombs make excellent cut flowers and are dried to include them in flower arrangements so that they make the interiors and gifts beautiful. They can be preserved for years in wreaths and other decorations because of their long lasting nature. Cockscombs will be excellent addition to your garden which can enhance its enduring. Celosia does best in warm or tropical climates. Cockscombs can make your garden colorful for a long period and it is sure that anyone with eyes is sure to enjoy the elegant velvety flowers. Whoever has grown a few of the various Celosias has surely been charmed either by their beauty or their fantasy of form.

The plant is a native to Africa, but is widely grown all over the world for use in dried flower arrangements, ornamental borders, and to add blocks of color to a fall garden. The blooms of Cockscomb are tightly clustered and resembles roosters comb and hence the name. They come in different colors like red, yellow, orange, gold and pink. They are also known as Celosia or Feathery Amaranth .The name Celosia was derived from the word kelos which means burned as the color of the flower indicates so. This species has huge, laterally flattened heads, which in many cases really suggest the comb of a giant chanticleer.

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