Description
An unusually compact amaranth, with crimson velvet plumes, brilliant as foliage in a container and in a vase with dahlias. Garden birds love the seeds as they ripen — your own growing wild bird food.
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.
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.