About
The Amaranthus cruentus Autumn Palette Group showcases plume-like flower spikes featuring earthy tones, including rust-red, orange, brown, and cream, during the summer and autumn months. Certain seed blends may lean more heavily toward lighter shades.
About the genus
Amaranthus comprises annuals that can grow upright or spread out, as well as short-lived perennials. The plants feature simple leaves and produce small flowers organized in dense, catkin-like clusters that may be erect or drooping, typically blooming during the summer and autumn seasons.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- West-facing, South-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H2
Plant details
- Plant type
- Annual Biennial
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- 0.5-1 metres
- Time to full height
- 1 year
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden, Sub-tropical, City and courtyard gardens, Patio and container plants
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Under glass grow in peat-free, loam-based compost in full light. Outdoors for summer bedding, grow in moderately fertile, humus-rich, moist soil in full sun in a sheltered site. Water freely during summer to prolong flowering
- Pruning
- Remove plants grown as summer bedding after flowering
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed sown at 20C (68F) in mid-spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to a virus