Amaranth 'Chinese Giant Orange' Organic
Amaranthus hypochondriacus

Name: Amaranth 'Chinese Giant Orange' Organic
SKU: S975OG
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SKU # S975OG

Product Type: Seed Packet

Approximate Seeds Per Packet: 200

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From the Greek word amaranthos, which means never fading, for these flowers are decorative dried for large bouquets. With its bright orange flowers and commanding height, this amaranth is a stunning addition to your garden. It is also an excellent food source: the young greens are delicious and very high in essential vitamins and minerals; the abundant tiny seeds are a popular and nutritious grain.

Lifecycle: Annual

Hardiness: Half Hardy Annual

Size: 6-8' h x 3' w

Sun: Full sun

Soil: Regular to rich, well-drained

Season: Summer to fall

Seed to Bloom: 12 weeks

Color: Orange, thickly textured flowers

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Growing Guide

Sowing Instructions:

Depth: Barely cover 1/16"
Sprout Time: 3-14 days
Starting Indoors: Six weeks before last frost, sow thinly into pots filled with a mix specifically for seed germination. Keep at 65-75°F with evenly moist conditions by placing a humidity dome over the containers until germination occurs.
Starting Outdoors: Direct sow after last frost.

When to Set Outside

After all danger of frost has passed.

Placement & Cultivation

Once called Prince's Feather, this amaranth adds bold texture to garden beds, great in sunny locations with sunflowers and salvias. It is also an unusual addition to veggie gardens for the greens are delicious and very high in important vitamins and minerals and the abundant tiny seeds are a popular and nutritious grain. Young plants resent root disturbance. Self sows.
Final Spacing: 2-3'
Water Use: Medium Water Use
Watering Details: Drought tolerant. 1" a week until established; then water during dry spells.
Soil pH: Slightly acidic to neutral
Fertilizer: If soils are particularly poor, mix in an organic granular fertilizer once seedlings have reached 6-8" in height.
Diseases & Pests: Tarnished plant bugs can infest flower heads. Use an organic insecticide to control. Provide freely-draining soils, for, in wet soils, emerging seedlings may die from soil pathogens. Overly moist soils also encourage various fungal root and stem rots on mature plants, causing collapse.

Plant Description

Plant: Somewhat shrub-like with oval-lance shaped deep green leaves and orangey-green stems.
Seeds: Flowers turn into utricle fruits, each containing a single, tiny brown seed.
When to Cut: 1/2-3/4 of florets opened

Fun Fact

The genus name Amaranthus is derived from amarantos, a Greek word that means unfading. This is referring to the long life of the flowers.

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Amazing large flowers! Thursday, November 8, 2018

By GARFIELD , NJ

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I just loved the size of these flowers. I couldn't believe I grew this from a tiny seed & I still have flowers in November. I am from zone 7a & started them outside in April. I prefer to start seeds in a flat tray outside so I can tell which is the seddling or weed insted of direct sow.

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