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The amaranths are usually planted as open-air annuals, and they require no special treatment. They thrive best in a hot and sunny place. In very rich soil the leaves become very large but usually lack in bright coloring. Seeds may be sown in the open or in frames. The dwarf and compact varieties, which often have beautifully variegated foliage, may be grown in pots or used for bedding. Give plenty of room.
The amaranths are usually planted as open-air annuals, and they require no special treatment. They thrive best in a hot and sunny place. In very rich soil the leaves become very large but usually lack in bright coloring. Seeds may be sown in the open or in frames. The dwarf and compact varieties, which often have beautifully variegated foliage, may be grown in pots or used for bedding. Give plenty of room.
Many Latin-form names are in the catalogues, probably all of which are referable to above species or are hybrids of them: as A.splendens, a form of A. gangeticus var. melancholicus: A. speciosus aureus, to A. paniculatus var. flavescens; A. Henderi, probably a hybrid with A. salicifolius, or a var. of it, with long-drooping, brown Lvs.. and tall, pyramidal stature; A. Gordonii, or Sunrise, with bronzy banded Lvs. and brilliant scarlet Lvs. on top; A. supérbus. Lvs. blood-red above and crimson beneath, probably one of the melancholicus forms; A. Dussii, Spreng., with Lvs. and fls. bright colored, and suggested as a var. of A. spinosus, which is a smooth weedy species with 2 spines in the axils of the narrow-ovate or rhombovate Lvs. —A. Huttonii, Veitch-Celosia.
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