Amaranth September 11, 2016

Amaranth is a grain plant.  It is also a very striking plant that comes in many different colors of both foliage and seed heads.  This plant is an ancient source of grain for making beer.  These plants get extremely tall, 8 feet and even taller, some varieties are shorter but most are very tall and must be staked.  I have some gorgeous amaranth growing right now with seed heads that are vivid red, but I didn't stake them and they have all fallen over.