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Amaranth: Direct seed or set transplants after danger of frost, in rich soil and full sun. Space 2-3 feet apart. Drought tolerant, but more productive with adequate moisture. Harvest young leaves for greens all summer long. Seed matures over a long period, so must be collected several times for best production; or, cut and hang upside-down indoors, collecting seeds on a tarp as they fall. (Some threshing may be necessary.) 100-200 seeds per packet. This crop is easy to grow, quite colorful and makes delicious greens and grain. A good ornamental plant for landscaping.
Opopeo
60 days. Beautiful, large red, upright flower spikes and bronze-green foliage make this Mexican heirloom a real knockout in the vegetable garden. Tasty leaves are tender when picked young. Easy to grow from seed. From Opopeo, Mexico.

Item Code: AM102  
$2.25
Love-Lies-Bleeding Amaranth seeds Love-Lies-Bleeding
60 days. Tall 3'-4' plants are covered with very long rope-like flowers that are a deep brilliant red color. One of the most striking plants for any garden and so easy to grow. Amaranth is one of our favorite crops! A good seed producer, too. This is a very old heirloom, a pre-1700 variety, that was very popular. Leaves are tasty as cooked greens.

Item Code: AM103  
$2.00
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Vietnamese Red Amaranth seeds Vietnamese Red
50 days. A vegetable Amaranth with flavorful reddish-green leaves. The plants grow 6' tall and have a beautiful red flower head with black seeds. A very rare variety from Vietnam. Excellent for many oriental dishes.

Item Code: AM104  
$2.50
Oscar Blanco
A unique variety from the beautiful mountain valleys of Bolivia. Mammoth plants can grow to 12' and produce 24" long dusty pinkish-colored flower heads with delicious grain and greens

Item Code: AM107  
$2.50
Love-Lies-Bleeding Green
A wonderful, green version of the lovely "Love-Lies Bleeding" with long flower-ropes that are lime-green; attractive and easy to grow. A must to blend with the red.

Item Code: AM113  
$2.00
Thai Round Leaf
The tender, bright-green leaves are a standard part of Thai cuisine. This popular variety has rounder leaves than most. Tasty and tender the leaves are used cooked like spinach. Great for growing in warm weather.

Item Code: AM112  
$2.00
Hartman's Giant Amaranth seeds Hartman's Giant
Large plants can grow to 10' and produce large, beautiful seed heads. Stems are a bright burgundy color. This variety was from Mr. Hartman of Jacksonville, Oregon. In the 1970s he had a yearly contest and offered the winner a $100 prize for the nearest guess as to how many seeds were in his 2-gallon jar.

Item Code: AM115  
$2.25
Elephant Head Amaranth seeds Elephant Head
This heirloom was brought to the US from Germany in the 1880s and so named because the huge flower takes on the appearance of an elephant's trunk. The 3'-5' plants produce flowers that are deep reddish purple in color. A striking variety that is among the most unique we sell.

Item Code: AM116  
$2.25
Golden Giant Amaranth seeds Golden Giant
Attractive golden-colored flower heads produce up to 1 lb of white seed per plant, making this a very heavy producer. Plants grow to about 6' and are easy to grow.

Item Code: AM117  
$2.25
Thai RW Tender     New!
A popular plant that is grown in Thailand, used as a salad and cooking green; popular in soups, curries and stir-fries. Smallish plants produce round, medium green-colored leaves.

Item Code: AM118  
$2.00
Tiger Eye     New!
A beautiful leaf-type amaranth that is grown for its nutritious greens. Unique leaves are coleus-like green with a red splotch in the middle of each leaf. Tasty picked and cooked like spinach, a great crop to grow in hot weather. From Taiwan.

Item Code: AM119  
$2.25
Hubei     New!
Attractive red flowers on short, sprawling plants that can reach 4' across. We received our seeds for this variety from our Australian friend, Rose-Marie Lacherez, and she received the seeds in 1995 from a Chinese researcher (Bi Jihuan) who, at the time, was the director of the agricultural college of Hubei, China.

Item Code: AM120  
$2.50
Orange Giant     New!
Ornamental 6'-8' tall plants produce giant, golden-orange heads, with the stems golden as well. Each plant can produce up to 1 lb of seed; a beautiful variety that is tasty and productive

Item Code: AM121  
$2.50