Sep 26, 2024
Fall flowers: cock's comb
I've been sharing some of my favorite fall flowers over the past few weeks. But this post will be shorter than previous entries, because the next flower I introduce, I really don't know that much about! Cock's comb, which is also called Celosia, is a plant that flowers in September and October. Supposedly it is called cock's comb because the flower resembles a domestic fowl (rooster) cock's crest. In Japanese it is called Keitou for the same reason. I believe that the plant is edible as well as ornamental.

I might know that much about it, but each year I go to see a display of cock's comb in Shinrin Park, in Namegawa town (Saitama). Their display is of a variety of cock's comb called plumed cock's comb. The display in Shinrin Park is usually at its prime at the end of September, but it blooms from mid September to mid October. They grow it in a different area each year. The photo above is of the celosia when they are grown near the west gate. However, this year it is near the central gate of the mammoth park, beside the large air trampoline, pictured below.

Earlier this week, I came across a beautiful display of orange flowers in Ogawa town. I wasn't sure what flower it was so I used Google Lens to investigate. It would seem that the flowers pictured below are also cock's comb, just not 'plumed' like the ones in Shinrin Park. I pulled over (I was driving) to take a photo of them! I think they look very autumnal and I would love to see other areas grow fields of orange cock's comb too.

Do you know of / Have you visited any large scale cock's comb flower displays?
Former nickname was "Saitama". Changed it to save confusion on place review posts! Irish, 20+ years in Japan! I also write on my personal website: insaitama.com
0 Comments