Globe Amaranth
Scientific Name: Gomphrena globosa L.
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Family: Amaranthaceae ...
Globe Amaranth, Bachelor's Button
The small, ball-shaped, papery flowers bloom nonstop in colors that include red, pink, lavender, white and orange. Use in edging, in beds or containers. Excellent cut flowers for fresh and dried arrangements.
Globe amaranth
Golden Mimosa. Acacia baleyana.
Graminae. Burr grass or Crab Grass.
Globe amaranth is easy to grow. The plant will grow 18 inches tall. It will do well during dry weather. Cut the flowers when partly open for drying and hang upside down in a shady place for two to three weeks.
Globe Amaranth
Gomphrena
Heliotropium arborescens
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Globe amaranth (Gomphrena globosa)
Vegetable amaranth, leaf amaranth, calaloo (Amaranthus tricolor)
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This compact globe amaranth cultivar called 'Buddy' handsomely sports brilliantly colored purple flowerheads.
Description
Globe amaranth is an annual bedding plant that grows 1-2 ft (0.3-0.6- m) tall with a spread of about 1 ft (0.3 m).
Description:
Globe Amaranth is an annual noted for the long floral display of its individual flowers, which makes them ideal as cut flowers and in dried arrangements.
Gomphrena globosa--Globe Amaranth
Gynura aurantiaca - Velvet Plant, Purple Velvet Plant
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Globe amaranth (Gomphrena). 'Bicolor Rose' is a soft pink and white, or you can buy the clear pink, dark rose, or red varieties.
Gomphrena globosa, Amaranthaceae, GLOBE AMARANTH
Leaves opposite, oblong to elliptic, to 4 inches long, margins are entire to ciliate.
Globe amaranth has an erect branched stem with opposite, oblong leaves.
It has flowerheads in the colors, purple, white and pink, which are borne on spikes.
A bushy, hairy-leaved annual, globe amaranth bears round purple flower bracts on thick stems in summer and early fall. This plant is useful as summer bedding or in a border or cutting garden. It is fairly drought tolerant and very heat tolerant.
Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena globosa)
Heliotrope (Heliotropum arboresccens)
Lantana (Lantana species)
Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)
Phlox (Phlox drummondi)
Salvia (Salvia species)
Starflower (Pentas lanceolata)
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Globe amaranth is often grown in containers on the porch or deck. The conelike flowerheads are beautiful in dried arrangements and will hold their shape and color indefinitely.
My favorite groups are the different kinds of xeranthemums and helichrysums. The globe amaranths, with clover-like heads (sometimes known as bachelor's buttons), are good old favorites. Rhodanthes and acrocliniums are also good and reliable.
Other ornamentals in the family are the globe amaranth (genus Gomphrenia), sometimes called bachelor's button, and the cockscomb (Celosia), both originally tropical annuals. They can be preserved dry and are used in bouquets.
Flaming Katy has clusters of pink or bright red flowers appearing from winter to early summer.
Globe Amaranth has globe-shaped, papery bracts that can be pink or purple. These can later be dried.
 See also: Amaranth, Gomphrena, Gomphrena globosa, Green, May
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