Amaranth Seed Collection - Five Packets

Grow amaranth for grain, leaf, and beauty with our amaranth seed collection! This collection contains five different varieties types inside a large envelope featuring hand painted art and written content:

Chinese Giant Orange produces large yields of edible, tan colored seeds. Hopi Red Dye flowers are used to add color to baked breads, and produces black seeds that are also edible. Red Callaloo is typically grown for its green and red leaves that are used young in salads and stir fries. Dreadlocks and Green Tails (Amaranthus caudatus) are primarily grown as cut flowers, but the foliage and tan seeds are also edible.

All species are easy to grow. If growing for grain, make sure you get to the seeds before the birds do!

Seeds are certified organic.

Size: Five Packets (600 seeds/packet), OG

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Grow amaranth for grain, leaf, and beauty with our amaranth seed collection! This collection contains five different varieties types inside a large envelope featuring hand painted art and written content:

Chinese Giant Orange produces large yields of edible, tan colored seeds. Hopi Red Dye flowers are used to add color to baked breads, and produces black seeds that are also edible. Red Callaloo is typically grown for its green and red leaves that are used young in salads and stir fries. Dreadlocks and Green Tails (Amaranthus caudatus) are primarily grown as cut flowers, but the foliage and tan seeds are also edible.

All species are easy to grow.If growing for grain, make sure you get to the seeds before the birds do!

Seeds are certified organic.

Common Name:
Chinese Giant Orange Amaranth, Dreadlocks Amaranth, Green Tails Amaranth, Hopi Red Dye Amaranth, and Red Callaloo Amaranth
Scientific Name:
Amaranthus caudatus, Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hypochondriacus, and Amaranthus tricolor
Description:
Deep nutritional and cultural value; a panoply of shapes and colors. A plant for the future!
Plant Lifespan:
Annual
Cold Hardiness (F):
Zone 10b (35 to 40)
Light Requirements:
Full Sun (min. 6 hours a day)
Seed In:
Late Spring-Summer
Seeding Depth:
1/16 in.
Days to Sprout:
4-7
Optimal Soil Temperature (F):
70-75
Plant Spacing:
2-3 ft.
Average Days from Seed to Harvest:
30-110

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