Amaranthus, Mexican Grain Amaranth, Prince's Feather, Purple Amaranth, Red Amaranth 'Hopi Red Dye'

This plant is very pretty. It is also big. We haven't used it yet, but want to before the growing season is out. We are going to try maki...Read Moreng cornbread with its food coloring soon. Next year when it is younger we will try its greens. We did not know you could eat them until it was already mature. Does anyone have a little more info on bagging the seed pods? Should I wait until some obvious change in the plant? Is it time to do so yet? I really want to harvest the seed and plant many more of these next year. I might, between the three we have growing, be able to collect enough seeds to make a small loaf of that gluten free bread someone mentioned. This plant is very delicate when first growing but is red in color from the beginning. It seems failry hardy too. This summer has been super hot and the plants have looked healthier than everything in the garden this year. We used rabbit manure before planting and fish emulsion a couple of times in the first month. Other than that, no fertilizer or chemicals were added.

a real crowd pleaser; we've let this reseed randomly in our front yard the past few years; it seems to prefer dry gravel or bare dirt to ...Read Moregrow seedlings

Great plant ! I did not plant it. The birds must have but thats ok. Its about 8 ft tall it started blooming at the end of September. Very nice plant.

*Unbelievable* color, I mean amazing. Dark burgundy with the light hitting it flat, but everything from florescent scarlet to pale tawny ...Read Morepinks run riot with this plant. I have this in a very hot exposed area, and it was grown tall and well behaved in its first few months. If aesthetics are your game, however, know that this plant gets leggier and lankier as it draws all the resources for the flowers. It's a challenge since they form such lovely rosettes of foliage early on, so I'm off to research low, late blooming plants to couple with it.