General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Plant Height: 4 to 5 feet
Plant Spread: 1 to 2 feet
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Late fall or early winter
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Russet
Bloom Size: Over 12"
Uses: Culinary Herb
Vegetable
Salad greens
Cooked greens
Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Edible Parts: Leaves
Seeds or Nuts
Eating Methods: Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Self
Wind

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Common names
  • Amaranth
  • Purple Amaranth
  • Red Amaranth
  • Prince's Feather
  • Mexican Grain Amaranth

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Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2019-09-11
Photo by typwc
Location: RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.
Date: 2022-08-04
Location: Baltimore, MD
Date: 2014-08-05
This image makes this plant look fuller than it is because there

Photo courtesy of Harris Seeds
  • Uploaded by Joy

 Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by vic

Photo Courtesy of Smokeys Daylily Gardens Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Lenore, ID
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Plant Events from our members
lovesblooms On February 24, 2018 Seeds sown
winter sown
lovesblooms On February 28, 2017 Seeds germinated
lovesblooms On January 15, 2017 Seeds sown
w/s
lovesblooms On March 22, 2016 Seeds germinated
lovesblooms On March 7, 2016 Seeds sown
winter sown
lovesblooms On March 30, 2015 Seeds germinated
lovesblooms On February 1, 2015 Seeds sown
winter sown
paleohunter On April 9, 2023 Transplanted
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