Even if it hadn't won an AAS award, Fresh Look Yellow would have my highest recommendation, based on how it looked in our trial gardens this year. Not only did it outlast every other Celosia (by weeks, not days!), but the individual blooms are much more eye-catching than others. The color is vivid, and the flowerstems reach up to 10 inches high on neat little plants just 12 to 16 inches tall and wide! Best of all from my point of view, Fresh Look Yellow never needs deadheading! New blooms and leaves spring up all around the old ones, keeping this plant looking as fresh in its third month of bloom as it did in its third week!

The flowers are awe-inspiring, but the vigor and adaptability of this Celosia really make it a sure bet in just about any garden. It needs full sun and appreciates good garden soil, but once it gets going, Fresh Look Yellow isn't about to be slowed down by heat, drought, or pests. It takes off with strong lateral branches that keep the blooms coming all summer long, and needs very little attention from you.

Fresh Look Yellow has a red sister that has won the seldom-awarded Gold Medal from the AAS for outstanding garden performance, so if you like what you see, plant them both for a summer full of bright color! They also make nice companions to ornamental Peppers, Floss Flowers, and Rose Mosses, among others. With months of carefree color and an easy-to-care-for nature, how can they go wrong?

Start this seed indoors in late winter, about 8 to 10 weeks before last anticipated frost. The seed germinates in about 10 days and will begin blooming about 70 to 100 days after sowing. Pkt is 100 seeds.