Amaranth Love Lies Bleeding Plant

KWD 0.850

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Already growing. Just plant it.Skip the seed stage — the plant is up, and the famous tassels are on their way.

Long, rope-like magenta tassels that hang down 40–60 cm. The most photographed amaranth there is.

Loves our heat and sun. Grows to about 1–1.2 m and keeps making new tassels for months.

Stunning in a tall vase, trailing over the edge. Dries well too.

When to cut: when the tassels are long and fully coloured. Early morning, straight into water.

  • 6+ hrsfull sun
  • 30 cm+pot or ground
  • 1–1.2 ma stick in wind
  • Tasselsfor cutting

Your first daysfollow the pictures

DAY 0Unbox todayBright shade. A little water if the soil is dry.
NEXT FEW DAYSLet it settle in its potSame spot, same pot, for several days. Moving it too soon is what causes transplant shock.
WHEN IT'S SETTLED · PMPlant it, late afternoonOnce it looks perky. Soil ball whole. Water in. Shade for the first few days.
FIRST MONTHWater morningsLet it grow tall. Push a stick in beside it once it passes knee height.

How deep

same depth as the potburied up to the first leaves

Plant it at the same depth it was. Burying the stem makes it rot.

First month

Waterevery morning · finger test first
Sunmorning full · afternoon shade at first
Composta few handfuls mixed in · that's all

Don't panic if…

Lower leaves yellownormal after moving
Leaves droop at noonheat · they lift by evening
Looks thin at firstnormal · it fills out as it grows
Planting steps in detail

You need: Potting Soil Mix and a shovel. A pot 30 cm or bigger, or a sunny spot in the garden. For a bed of cut flowers, plant them 30 cm apart.

1. Pot: fill with Potting Soil Mix. Ground: dig, mix a few handfuls in.

2. Hole twice the size of the small pot. Water the small pot an hour before.

3. Squeeze the pot, slide out with the soil ball whole. Never pull the stem, never shake the roots.

4. Plant it at the same depth it was in the small pot. Press, water until it drains, push a stick in next to it.

Late afternoon, never at noon.

Cut flowers, drying and the leaves

For the vase: cut when the tassel is fully coloured, early morning. Strip the lower leaves, put in water straight away. Lasts well in the vase, and cutting makes the plant send up more.

To dry: hang a small bunch upside down in a shaded, airy room until dry. Keeps its colour for months.

The leaves: young leaves are edible — cook them like spinach. Pick a few from the top, not the whole plant.

Compost: a few handfuls mixed in at planting is enough. Too much feeding gives you leaves instead of tassels, so go easy.

Seeds: at the end of the season let one head dry on the plant. Shake the seeds into a bag for next year.

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