Celosia Wheat Flamingo Flower
Wheat Celosia is a dense herbaceous annual with an upright spreading habit of growth in the Amaranth family.  It's multiple showy blooms reach up to 4 feet tall providing a long season of blooms They are great as a cut or dried flower also. They withstand the fall weather to provide structure in a winter garden. 
The foliage is dense to the ground and its narrow leaves remain green all season. It prefers rich soils in full sun and tolerates a variety of pHs and drought once established. It is intolerant of standing water. 
Wheat Celosia works well planted in mass, along borders or in containers as the center "thriller".