Amaranthus caudatus 'Coral Fountain'
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Self-sows
Free delivery when you spend over £80
Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
The most elegant of all red Love-Lies-Bleeding trialled thus far, with delicate tassels in a soft, muted pink-crimson
I found this such a versatile colour this summer and was picking it almost every day to arrange with dahlias, zinnias, and vases of cosmos. Highly recommended.
Amaranthus leaves can be used in stir fries, as you would pak choi. It's also delicious slightly wilted with lemon and garlic, as you might cook spinach.
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Self-sows
Product details
- Type
- Half-Hardy Annual
- Position
- Cutting Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- June - October, 12 weeks from sowing
- Height
- 1.2m (4ft)
- Common name
- Love-lies-bleeding
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 90cm (36in)
- Cultivation
- Sow indoors February-April, covering seed lightly, and plant out after the last frosts. Or sow direct in April or May and thin to 90cm apart.
Care Tips
Pinch out growing tip to encourage more side branches to form and keep picking regularly. It is very heat and drought tolerant. Requires staking.
Flowering Time
June - October, 12 weeks from sowing
