![]() ![]() ![]() Instead of developing into upright plumes, the flower heads then continue to grow, extending downwards sometimes as long as four feet in length, weighing down the plant in their beautiful draping flowerheads. Hanging or trailing amaranthus varieties also form a big stem, but then the flower heads start to form. Our favorite variety is ‘Hot Biscuits’ for the lovely golden-rust tone of its seedheads and elegant foamy texture of its plume, but we also like ‘Velvet Curtains’ that is the deep red-burgundy version. This is quite the spectacular sight to see in the garden, and is a lot of fun to use in floral arrangements. Plume varieties grow mostly upright, forming a giant broomstick-like stalk that is topped by a giant plume that is anywhere from 24-36” in height. Personally I don’t find the spike forms to be very attractive, nor easy to use in floral designs, but to each their own! I instead prefer the plumes and hanging varieties to be much more attractive and useful in design, so we grow solely those two varieties. Hanging or tassels (such as the quintessential red ‘Love-Lies-Bleeding’) Plume (such as ‘Hot Biscuits’ or ‘Velvet Curtains’) We are instead interested in the amaranthus that have giant plumes, tassels and spikes of burgundy, gold, lime green and faded coral that look excellent in the vase and in the garden.ĭistantly related to celosia and gomphrena, amaranthus is also similar in that it loves the heat and full sun and is a very vigorous plant - growing well above your head with giant flowers that are three to four feet in length sometimes! It’s a very fantastic plant. However, it’s not the garden variety of amaranthus that we’re after (which is actually similar to Palmer amaranth aka pigweed - a noxious and pokey species that does particularly well here). Grown originally as a food source (the leaves, young stems and shoots, flowers and seeds are all edible), it has recently come into vogue for being one of the ‘ancient grains’ - a non-wheat related grain that is very nutritious and also naturally gluten free. ![]() Amaranthus - also known as the shortened ‘amaranth’ is a really cool cut flower. ![]()
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