July 31, 2008
For the last couple of years I’ve grown flowers called Amaranth and Rick and I both enjoy them. This year I planted “Amaranth” as a grain. The seeds are “multi-hued” and so I have the red and green.
I don’t know if I’ll harvest the seed for eating. I didn’t pick the leaves when they were young so I missed having them in salads.
I don’t think I’ll plant these again as “edibles”. But they are pretty to look at.
The Flower: Amaranth
The Environment:
These are located in full sun, on the east side of our well.
These plants stand about 3’ high. The ones I’ve grown in the past have been as large at 6’.
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan
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GrandmaT
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The colors are just striking … can see why you would enjoy growing them!!
-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5
Bunting
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Ms Debbie
I love the colors
it grows wild here.
It dries extremly well for dried flower arangements. After they are dried Spay them with hair spray or laquer to keep them from falling apart an they will last for years and hold the colors
-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.
jroot
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posted 730 days ago
The deep coloured amaranth is really very attractive. I have tried for several years to get them growing here, but alas they are always choked out with other stuff.
-- jroot
GrandmaT
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Ohhhhhh, how pretty would they looked dried!!!! :-)
-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5
MsDebbieP
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posted 730 days ago
choked out? I think they overpowered my garden last year (or two years ago actually). Last year fallen seeds came up everywhere!
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan
Bon
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I just love the colour of amaranth.It looks so great mixed in with other colours and plants.
-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more