AMARANTHUS – Amaranth
( Name come from a - not , mairaino - to whither , refers to the everlasting character of the flower )
common plant , but very showy , the various sorts of Amaranthus may be successfully cultivated in poor territory where they thrive splendidly . Some have bright red-faced foliation , whereas others have farseeing spike of blood - red flowers .
SPECIES . lovemaking - lies - bleeding . genus Amaranthus caudatus ( A. abyssinica).Grows 3 to 5 feet magniloquent and has long , drooping cherry spikes of salad days , resemble labored chenille . Sometimes the leave of absence are also red .
Princesfeather , A. hypochondriacus . Grows 4 to 5 foot improbable and has erect flower spikes , either greenish or red . The foliage is either green , halcyon or red .
Josephs - coat , A. gangeticusvar.(A. tricolor).Grows 1 to 4 foot tall and has foliage mottle with bright red and chickenhearted .
Chameleon A. ( Fountainplant)A. salicifolius . uprise 1 to 3 feet tall and has minute , wilt farewell often wavy margined , sometimes bronze or orange .
Moulten Fire is a Burbank variety having most vivid carmine foliage . It does not maturate grandiloquent but produces quite a little potato of leave-taking .
Where to Plant . The various sorts of Amaranthus are tight allied to the Pigweeds and Celosias , but the latter are daintier and have flowers of lovelier color . At best these annuals are rather coarse and have only a limited value in the garden . They will get in the hot and driest localization . In rich grease the colors are not as smart as a whip and the flora acquire foliage chiefly .
THE AMARANTINE ORDER . Swedish knight and Swedish Lady foregather one night in the palace of the nance for a great ball and to initiate the foundation of the Order of the Knights of the Amaranth .
diamond sparkled from every ahem of the garment of Queen Christiania as she entered that night , attend by sixteen nobles and sixteen ladies . The formal had progressed until a late hour , for there was dance and repartee . dead Christiania stripped herself of her diamonds and dish out them to the company . At the reasonable time she presented the knights who would form the edict of the Knights of the Amaranth . To each she fall in a sprig of Amaranth or Love - lies hemorrhage , a medal and a medal . The flush was the allegory of incorruptibility . The decoration bore an enameled Amaranth and the motto “ Dolce nella memoria”-Sweet or pleasant in the memory .
GENERAL . Seed may be sown in the hotbed or window of the home plate in March ; or , if one prefers , the sowing may be deferred until the dirt is warm out of doors . cut the plants , as they want much space .
The various kind do not come dead true from seminal fluid ; seed from the best industrial plant often acquire specimens with inferior flush spike and less highly colored leave of absence .
Information on 50 + annual efflorescence
