Grow guide
How to grow Amaranth Love Lies Bleeding
Amaranthus caudatus
- Type
- Amaranth
- Zones
- USDA zones 2–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 65–75 days
- Spacing
- 18″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Tender
- Sowing
- Direct sow
- Start indoors
- 0 weeks before last frost
Care
- Water Weekly
- Harvest As needed
Notes
Long drooping wine-red tassels to 18" on 3-4 ft plants; harvest when 3/4 of florets are open; 7-10 day vase life; dries well too.
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