love lies bleeding flower seeds Love Lies Bleeding Amaranthus Seeds

love lies bleeding flower seeds Love Lies Bleeding Amaranthus SeedsLove Lies Bleeding Amaranth is loved for its color and its one of a kind flower clusters. Leaves are reddishly forming a bushy type plant that produces long, drooping tassels of purple red flowers. Will grow to a height of 3 feet and spreads to an equal width. 100 seeds PLANTING Amaranthus caudatus Annual Germination: 10 15 days Germination Temperature: Optimum soil temperatures 65 75F Seed Planting Depth: Sow on the surface and lightly cover Starting

Love Lies Bleeding Amaranth is loved for its color and its one of a kind flower clusters. Leaves are reddishly forming a bushy type plant that produces long, drooping tassels of purple-red flowers. Will grow to a height of 3 feet and spreads to an equal width.    

100 seeds 

PLANTING

Amaranthus caudatus

Annual

Germination: 10-15 days

Germination Temperature: Optimum soil temperatures 65-75ºF

Seed Planting Depth: Sow on the surface and lightly cover

Starting Indoors:  Start indoors 4-6 weeks before the last frost. Provide 65-75ºF soil temperature. Transplant apart after the last frost, 12-18” apart.  

Sowing Outdoors: Starting around the last frost date, sow lightly and thin to 6-8” apart. Sow again in midsummer for late-season blooms

Growth Habit: Upright, branching

Height and Width:  36" x 36" 

Spacing: 12-18" apart

Light Needs: Full sun 

Soil Needs: Love Lies Bleeding Amaranth needs average to fertile, well-drained soil

Approximate days to flower from seed: 60-75 days

Uses: Flower beds, containers, fresh or dried cut flowers, edible seeds and leaves, accent plant

Care: Water seedlings regularly until established. Amend soil with compost before transplanting. Pinch to encourage branching. Water during dry periods. Harvest flowers for drying and hang upside down in a dark room with good airflow.