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Starting Cocks Comb (Cleosia) From Seed

3/21/2016

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Quick guide on how to get started growing your own Cocks Comb flowers at home.
Bee Preparing To Bed Down For The Night.
Cockscomb flowers are also known as Wool Flowers & Brain Cleosia. The flower's name is suggestive of a rooster's comb. Cockscomb flowers bloom from late summer through late fall.  Flower heads dry well, adding a unique touch to potpourri's & dried flower arrangements as well as fresh cut bouquets. Bees love the flower heads, many use them as a safe place to nest for the night.

To dry, cut at the base, lightly tie together & hang to dry in a cool dry location free from sun & bugs. Keep newspaper or buckets under the flower heads to catch any seeds that may fall.  To save the seeds, shake the dry heads over a bucket. You can also allow the flowers to self sow. Pick a location you would like to dedicate to your cockscomb flowers & allow to self sow naturally.

75-80°F
Direct Sow: After all danger of frost has passed.
Indoors:  Not recommended.
Size: 12" - 28"
Hardiness: Annual
Sun: Full
Water: Moderate (avoid wetting the leaves or flowers)  
Seed Planting Depth: 1/8"
Row Spacing: 8"
Days to Germination: 10 - 15
Thin:  8” - 12"
Harvest: in 10 - 14 weeks.  Cut flowers last approx. 5 - 14 days.
Picture of wild growing small roosters comb flowers. Follow these basic guidelines to get started with your own wild flower garden.
Row Of Cocks Comb In Varying Stages Of Growth.

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Jerry Bauer
10/24/2018 09:20:24 pm

how to tell when the cox comb seeds are ready to harvest?

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Running Bug Farm link
9/14/2019 08:52:50 am

The flower elongates as it grows & matures. The part that is mostly flat, closest to the stem, is where the seeds develop. You can brush this area with your fingers. The husks & seeds will come off leaving the area you rubbed off bare. The seeds are small, shiny, & black.

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Phyliss Fluharty
1/6/2020 12:37:58 pm

Thank you for sharing. I’m about to grow my first ever plant. I ordered some coxcomb seeds. Thank you again and wish me good luck. I’m 68 and I have never grown a plant. Never to late to start with good advise on how to care. Thank you again

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Running Bug Farm link
1/11/2020 09:01:15 am

How wonderful! I hope you have great success & much pleasure in your growing adventures!

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