Globe Amaranth

Common Name: 
Globe Amaranth
Scientific Name Genus: 
Gomphrena
Family Name: 
Amaranthaceae
Identification Notes
Plants of this species of Globe Amaranth are rather sprawling and are not as neat and uniform as the erect-growing G. globosa. Also, varieties of this species have red, orange, or yellow flowers, otherwise the characteristics, uses, and requirements are the same for both species. ‘Strawberry Fields’, an All-America Selections winner, is probably the most commonly planted Globe Amaranth of this species.
Life Cycle
Annual
Growth Habit
sprawling with branching from plant base; flowering stems are fairly erect about 15" tall.
Globe Amaranth
Leaves
oblong to elliptic, 2-4" long, margins entire and ciliate.
Flowers
heads are globular or spherical and look a lot like clover flowers. The colorful part of these “flowers” comes from papery bracts rather than real the numerous real flowers which are very small and largely hidden. Colors are white, violet, rose, or pink
Globe Amaranth
Bloom Time
Spring-Fall
Propagation Method
Seeds
Landscape Uses
Globe Amaranth