Flamingo Feather (Celosia spicata 'Flamingo Feather') - pink flowers, illustrated plant cardIllustration

Flamingo Feather

Celosia spicata 'Flamingo Feather'

Flamingo Feather blooms from June through September.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
Jun–Sep
not yet checked
Hardiness
Annual (replant yearly)
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Sun
Full sun
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Water
Moderate water
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Mature size
2.5 ft × 1 ft
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Type
Annual
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Flamingo Feather

Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. Expect it to reach about 2.5 ft tall and 1 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year (not yet checked).

No toxicity note is on file for Flamingo Feather. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.

Verification
What this means

Written with AI assistance and not yet checked plant by plant against recorded sources, so treat every fact above as a starting point. Its scientific name was checked against botanical registries, an audit keeps its values consistent with the rest of the library, and a July 2026 review re-read the main facts of every plant then in the library against horticultural authorities without recording a source for each, which is why none of that counts as checked here. The source-by-source check is working through the whole library in the open, and a checked plant says so in this row.

When to plant Flamingo Feather

Wait until all danger of frost has passed, then plant out Flamingo Feather into warm soil; in most zones that means late spring. Planted then, it flowers from June to September.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Flamingo Feather get?

Illustration of Flamingo Feather drawn to scale beside an adult2.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult1 ftwide
About 2.5 ft tall and 1 ft wide at maturity: thigh-high beside an adult.

See Flamingo Feather in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

How far apart to plant Flamingo Feather

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Space Flamingo Feather about 1 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.

Plant them
1 ft apart
Per 10 sq ft
about 10
4 by 8 ft bed
about 32

Add Flamingo Feather to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.

The Celosia group

One of 12 in the Celosia group. Same genus, similar care.

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