It's beautiful, easy to grow, and it readily reseeds. It blooms for me in summer and fall, but I don't even start the seeds until my spring flowers are done. You only have to buy the seeds once, but I imagine if you plant more than one variety you will get crosses instead of the original colors. The stuff gets HUGE here- seven or eight feet tall sometimes. It looks lovely planted in sets of three plants side by side. The plants often need staking.

My favorite is the chartreuse variety, but I also like the Hopi Red Dye and the traditional dark pink. I have seen photos with the newer amber colored variety which is really stunning, but I have not tried it.

Here is what I ordered:
Red Calaloo AM135 1 $2.25
Orange Giant Amaranth AM121 1 $2.50
Love-Lies-Bleeding - Red Amaranth AM103 1 $2.50
Love-Lies-Bleeding - Green Amaranth AM113 1 $2.00

I'm glad to know you like this plant. It's stunning in photos! Evidently the young leaves can be substituted for spinach and greens in salads, and the seeds are a grain like wheat or quinoa.

The Red Calaloo is only supposed to grow to 2' tall, and I might put a few of those on a small slope that is in front of the house to add some bling!

I can't wait to start these growing!

Suzi

Food, flower and source of airborne pollen?