Celosia: An Outdoor Annual, Not a Houseplant

Not Suitable Indoors

Celosia (cockscomb, woolflower) is a warm-season annual grown outdoors in full sun, well-drained soil. It requires high light, good air circulation, and seasonal heat to thrive. Indoors, it quickly declines—leggy, weak, prone to pests.

What to Do

• Enjoy the flowers while they last (a few weeks).
• When it fades, compost it.
• For indoor color, choose flowering houseplants like Kalanchoe, Bromeliad, African Violet, or Orchid.

If you have a sunny balcony or garden, you can plant it outside after frost danger passes.