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Agastache ‘Lavender Hyssop’
Agastache foeniculum is a popular perennial & edible flower which is very aromatic. Foliage emits a potent lemony fragrance, plus lavender blue flower spikes that pollinators love! Blooms midsummer to fall first year from seed. Leaves & flowers can be used fresh or dried to flavour drinks, salads, soups, pasta, desserts. Although the leaf scent has been described as anise, the chemical anethole, associated with anise or licorice, is not found in high amounts in the plant. The seeds can be added to cookies or muffins. Flower spikes can be an attractive addition to fresh cut or dried arrangements.Pollinator magnet!
Amaranth ‘Autumn Touch’
Amaranth cruentus - Annual
Beautiful plumes of apple green flowers tinted with coppery bronze . The stunning, large textural stems make wonderful addition to large arrangements and the side shoots are smaller, great for bouquets. Excellent for fresh or dried use. A productive summer/early autumn filler & stunning in the cutting garden and border.
Amaranth ‘Burgundy ‘
A show stopper in any garden - whether you grow it just for its beauty or as food - or both!! The deep red foliage and the remarkable flower clusters really make this plant stand out!
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
Amaranth ‘Dreadlocks’
Amaranthus caudatus gibbosus
rare. Claret red heirloom with Mexican roots. Wooly-textured knotted ropes drape dramatically to the ground. Dreadlocks debuted in 1881 seed catalogs.
The stunning, large textural stems make wonderful addition to large arrangements and the side shoots are smaller, great for bouquets. Excellent for fresh or dried use.
Amaranth leaves and seeds are edible!
Amaranth ‘Elephant Head ‘
(Amaranthus gangeticus) Annual
Huge dark burgundy red plumes look as if an elephant is raising its trunk into the air. Long blooming spectacular plant that grows 3- 5', (152 cm) grabbing attention in the garden. It is also an excellent cut flower, the larger branches can be cut into smaller ones if desired. Absolutely stunning food plant! Seeds are edible and can be popped. Flower heads appear in late summer, producing approx. 50,000 seeds that are used like a cereal grain, milled into a gluten-free flour or cooked whole and eaten in place of rice and oatmeal. The leaves can be used as a cooked green.
Amaranth ‘Emerald Tassels’
(Amaranthus caudatus) Long ropes of lime-green, trailing tassels add texture and combine beautifully with both bright and pastel colour palettes. Amaranth is easy to grow and is a great choice for beginning gardeners.
Fantastic colour and texture for fresh bouquets or large containers, gorgeous in wedding bouquets! When dried, the blooms turn from green to a light tan colour that works well in fall arrangements. Common names include amaranth and tassel flower. Fresh or dried cut flower, back of bed, accent in borders, and containers.
Amaranth ‘Hot Biscuits’
Amaranthus cruentus Bronze to chestnut-coloured plumes are ideal for autumn bouquets and bunches.
One of the most productive and easy to grow summer fillers, ‘Hot Biscuits’ produces abundant golden brown stems that add a unique textural quality to arrangements.
Prolific and easy-to-grow filler.
Amaranth ‘Mira’
This unique amaranth has multi-hued rose & pale green long, pendulous tassels - dramatic ropes of cut flowers for large bouquets!
Adds a stunning texture to bouquets, cutting gardens and borders. A statement! (and edible too!)
Listed on US Floret site
Amaranth ‘Velvet Curtains’
Amaranthus cruentus
Looking for something that can take the heat, Amaranth is the plant!
Upright amaranth with crimson-purple plumes and deep purple-red foliage & stems. A beautiful, textural bouquet filler. Excellent for fresh or dried use.
When plants are young and leaves are tender, the foliage makes a nice edible green.
Easy to grow and a great choice for beginners.
Amaranth ‘Coral Fountain’
Amaranth ‘Coral Fountain’ Amaranthus caudatus
I love these gorgeous pendulous, tassel-like blooms! Exquisite shade of dusty pink just like sun-faded velvet. ‘Coral Fountain’ is perfect for dramatic, large-scale arrangements and side shoots are perfect for bouquets.
annual, 36 to 60", full sun, Days to maturity: 75 to 90 days, Plant spacing: 12 in, Pinch when 12" tall
Start seed indoors 4 - 6 weeks before last frost; transplant out after all danger of frost has passed. Amaranth can also be direct-seeded into the garden once all danger of frost has passed.
(self seeds here Zone 5)
Beautiful partner for Emerald Tassels Amaranth
Amazing Grey Poppy (P. rhoeas)
Smokey petals have the look of crushed silk dipped in Earl Grey lavender, sophisticated and haunting purple-grey hues - highly sought after for its elegance in the landscape & arrangements. A favourite of high-end florists who reserve Amazing Grey for the finest design work. There is noting quite like them!
Recommended by Erin at Floret Flowers.
These seeds are extremely tiny so care when planting is required.
Artemisia annua – ‘Sweet Annie’
(Sweet annie; Qing-guo) Sweetly aromatic herb with fragrant green fern-like leaves on tall, graceful plants. In fall they shine as masses of flowers like little beads bloom at the tips of the branches. A crafters dream; its highly aromatic branches are used in dried floral arrangements and to make scented wreaths and is fabulous filler for mixed bouquets. I love its fresh, clean, herby scent!
A modern medical star, this Chinese antimalarial herb is our last line of defense in parts of the world where the malaria parasite has become resistant to all other drugs. Has been cultivated in China for at least 2000 years.Its isolated constituents show promise as an anticancer agent as well.