Beautiful.......please tell me what are the plants in the first two photos? Thanks.

They are celosia flamingo feather and celosia plumosa burgundy.

Very pretty.... I'm not sure when they turn brown though.. maybe not until after a frost.

Those are absolutely gorgeous.I have the first ones.I call them pink candles.I find if I just shake them over my paper bag the black shiny seed will come out easily.I keep doing that every couple of days and when they finally start looking ratty,I cut the whole head off and put it in the bag to dry,just in case more seeds are there.I collect all my seeds in paper lunch bags to dry.I have never seen the lavender ones or the rose ones.Where did you get the seed for those.They are now a must have.I am sure those probably work the same way.Once you start seeing the shiny seed,just shake those and that gives the others more time to ripen.If you trade any,please let me know.
moonphase

moonphase I'll have to go out and look at the stakes but I thought the lavender ones were the same kind as the pink candles. The rose one is called celosia plumosa burgundy. I'll try your idea of collecting seeds because I don't think they'll ever turn brown and I want seed from them. I'll let you know when I have some seed if you're interested.

FWIW, I had "Fat Spike" one year, and it never turned brown. The seeds started to come out of the center of the head, but the plant never actually keeled over or looked remotely dead.

Becky,I just harvested seed from all of my Celosia,there are little pods at the stem,they remind me a bit of portulaca,the cap comes off and the seed is right there. I just pulled the whole pod off of the ones that the cap came off easily and left the rest to mature. The seeds will be black.
Your Globe Amaranth will start "shedding" seeds from the bottom up. Mine are still vibrant in color when the seeds become ready. I just hold the envy below the flower head and rustle them a little and the seeds fall into the envy.The seeds are tucked in the petals at the bottom where they attach to the stem. You will feel it inside there if they are ready.:)

agirlsgirl I just went out and shook some flamingo feather seeds off into a baggie. The whole plume is not ripe yet so I left them on for awhile longer. I don't see any signs of seeds on the globe amaranth. I tried shaking some in a container and got nothing. They are still going strong and showing no signs of seeds.

Proud_gm, where did you get your burgundy celosia seeds? I have to have those. I've got Flamingo Feather, and now that I've seen them, I'm definitely going to be sowing them this winter. But I can't seem to find the celosia plumosa burgundy by googling. I can find the cockscomb celosia in burgundy, but not the plume one.

I received them in a trade so I'm only going by what the packet said. They could be called something else.

Thanks for letting me know, proudgm, I will have to check out the seed exchange forum and see if I can get some. Although with all the post office hassle still going on, I have gone sour on trading.

dawiff! Dont sour, just mail from the mailbox! :)
I have had no problems this way. I mail most of them for 2 stamps and if I get into a huge trade (20+) I use 3! No returns and no headaches! I avoid the PO unless I have to go,the whole situation was bumming me out also. But I figured why let them ruin something I love so much for me? :)

What is the name of the flower next to the burgundy one in the seconf pic? The three flowers in the first two pictures are a must have for me, I love pinks! Purples too.

It is the same thing as the first picture, celosia flamingo feather. I think the lighting was different and that's what caused the difference in color.

OMG, and here I thought I was not a celosia fan....those are just beautiful! OK, yet another seed to add to my hunt down list. How tall are they and are they annual or perennial? If you do get enough seed to trade, please let me know!!!!

Nancy

its beautiful!! i do love the burgandy one!! or the darker one, i have the lighter color one. i like it. they called it burgandy, its a pink to me. it fits talla's fairy garden for some reason. LOL pretty soon we have to get rid of those seeds!! LOL
i like the brain looking ones!! those are AWESOME!! :')

Nancy, They are annuals. I'm going to go harvest some more seed today. I should have enough to trade. Look over my trade page and see if we can work out a trade.