Flower Amaranth Seeds

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Bring bold texture to your garden with amaranth flower seeds from David's Garden Seeds®. Ornamental amaranth, also called amaranthus, offers striking flower heads that can range from upright plumes to cascading, rope-like tassels. Compare the varieties below for flower color, growth habit, height and maturity.

Choose Texture for Your Garden and Arrangements

Create a focal point: Taller varieties can add height and a dramatic backdrop to mixed flower beds.
Add movement: Trailing types bring draping tassels to garden displays and floral arrangements, while upright types offer a different silhouette.
Explore color: Amaranth varieties can feature red, green, bronze and other shades. Check individual listings for the colors currently offered.
Enjoy fresh or dried stems: Many ornamental types are useful in bouquets and dried arrangements, though color retention and stem quality vary with variety, harvest stage and drying conditions.

Planting Tips for Success

Wait for warmth: Follow the seed packet for indoor starting or direct sowing, and move plants outside after frost danger has passed and conditions are suitably warm.
Sow tiny seeds carefully: Use the recommended depth and keep the seedbed evenly moist without washing seeds away.
Choose a sunny site: Provide well-drained soil and follow the variety's spacing guidance rather than crowding vigorous plants.
Support tall growth: Stakes or flower-support netting can help protect taller stems in exposed locations. Install support before plants become difficult to handle.
Maintain steady care: Water during establishment and dry spells without waterlogging the soil. Monitor plants for pests and remove competing weeds.

Harvest and Use Flowering Stems

Use the variety's harvest recommendations and cut when flower heads have developed the form you want. Harvest with clean snips during a cool part of the day and place fresh stems promptly in clean water. For drying, choose sound stems and hang small bunches in a dry, shaded, well-ventilated place. Results depend on the variety and conditions.

Amaranth can shed seed as flower heads mature. Remove spent heads before seed dispersal if you want to limit volunteers, and check local growing guidance before planting.