Love Lies Bleeding (Green)

Amaranthus caudatus ‘Viridus’

Sale price$3.75

This old-fashioned plant has very unusual, drooping, 80cm long, light green flower tassels in summer and autumn. An annual that provides dramatic structure to a bed, the foliage can also be eaten steamed. Easily grown in a sunny, even hot and dry, position with average soil. Self seeds. 400 seeds.
 

Size: 1 pkt
Sowing Instructions

Raise seeds in trays or sow direct to garden when soil and weather has warmed. Cover seeds thinly, keep moist and warm at around 21-24˚C. In cooler climates start indoors to transplant later.

Climate

Cold, Temperate, Hot Arid, Tropics/SubTropics

Sowing Method

Direct, Transplant

Height

1.5m

Spacing/Spread

0.6m

Sowing Periods

  J F M A M J J A S O N D
Cool
Temperate
Sub-Tropical/Tropical