Specialty Gardening: tcs1366 picture (Cottage Garden Seed Swap & Chat #17, 1 by dryad57

dryad57 wrote:
I think the tall one I had was an heirloom - not sure, will have to dig through my files and see. I've got one client who only wants heirlooms and I think this may have been from her batch of seeds. It was in a spot that had aster, narcissus and surprise lily bulbs, and didn't get much water when I watered the yard (just out of reach of the sprinkler). It really surprised me as it kept growing and growing. None of the other celosia that I started (from trade seeds) got any higher than perhaps 2 feet at the most. The stalk is a good 3". Here's a shot of it in between the asters and the monstrously high tithonia.
(edited to add: the wooden structure was put there to keep it propped up after a storm, so it wouldn't fall into the driveway and get run over.)

This message was edited Oct 23, 2008 9:10 AM