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Amaranthus caudatus 'Viridis'
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Self-sows
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Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
Amaranthus caudatus 'Viridis' has long, soft tassels of pale, fresh acid-green
This makes one of the best upper level foliage plants for an elegant, mixed arrangement. Perfect for mixing with dahlias and sunflowers, or arranging in a large vase on its own.
- 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
- 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
