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Gardening

Denninmi

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5. Annual, and very easy to grow, in fact, can become weedy.

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 12, 2012, 10:39 PM

Aug 2012

Actually originally grown as the source of amaranth seeds and flour for baking. Many people just grow it for its beauty. Produces millions of seedlings, though,the next year if not carefully cleaned up in the fall.

Comes in burgundy, rusty orange, and pale greenish/orange forms. Many seed catalogs carry the seed.

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/amaranth.html

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Very nice. elleng Aug 2012 #1

Very nice. What zone are you? Scuba Aug 2012 #2

Borderline 6a. Denninmi Aug 2012 #3

That amaranth is beautiful. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #4

Annual, and very easy to grow, in fact, can become weedy. Denninmi Aug 2012 #5

With all my invasive problems, thanks for the tip Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #6

Beautiful. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #7

Franklinia looks like popped corn Kolesar Aug 2012 #8