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What about this for gorgeous 'girlie' colours! Planted by John, the tallest plant is a Celosia striata 'Amazon'. It has set seed, interested parties may like to PM the man in question. ;D
'The other plants in the arrangement are Solenstemon "Fright Night", Dahlia coccinea "Ellen Houston", a dwarf Pentas and a Lotus berholotti that is obscured. The plant in the front is Pelargonium zonale "Maverick" (which, while new, still doesn't come close to the attractiveness of "Mr. Henry Cox") and there is a pot 'mum behind.' (I pretty much copied Johns text here)
Wonderful foliage colours, those pink and deep red leaves. Then the sharp white/lemon edges on the pelargonium. V. nice!!
Thanks John, beautiful piccy! :-*
Absolutely beautiful - well done John :) Thanks for sharing Emma :)
Pat
Thanks, EJ. Girlie colours? As I like the colours where does that leave me? (Arnold- don't answer that!)
In case EJ didn't make it clear the Celosia has proven a prolific producer of seed. I have collected more than enough seed to give away to people here so, if anyone would like some, please let me know. This plant is either so new or so old that no reference to it is on google (nor the RHS Plant Finder) so I cannot point anyone in the direction of a better picture but it is a very attractive plant and probably counts as 'choice'.