Amaranthus ‘Velvet Curtains'
This is one of the best amaranthus for designing with. It’s the perfect late-summer and autumnal filler, providing texture, structure and colour. It looks incredible in the garden, standing tall and creating stature and shape in the border. I use it in arrangements and tucked into bouquets, and it immediately lends drama and conjures that end of summer feeling. Wonderful for drying too.
This variety has upright plumes in a deep wine plum. I love this in late summer arrangements and often use it in larger scale arches and urns as well as filling jugs and market bouquets with their stems.
For best results sow under cover in early spring, and plant out when the weather has warmed. Can direct sow after the frosts have passed, and if it’s a mild winter, seeds dropped by last years plants will gently self-sow.
Pinch out at 12 inches tall to promote side branches make much easier to use in arrangements.
Hardy Annual
Full Sun
Space 30cm / 12 inches apart
90-100 days to maturity
Height: 100-120 cm
This is one of the best amaranthus for designing with. It’s the perfect late-summer and autumnal filler, providing texture, structure and colour. It looks incredible in the garden, standing tall and creating stature and shape in the border. I use it in arrangements and tucked into bouquets, and it immediately lends drama and conjures that end of summer feeling. Wonderful for drying too.
This variety has upright plumes in a deep wine plum. I love this in late summer arrangements and often use it in larger scale arches and urns as well as filling jugs and market bouquets with their stems.
For best results sow under cover in early spring, and plant out when the weather has warmed. Can direct sow after the frosts have passed, and if it’s a mild winter, seeds dropped by last years plants will gently self-sow.
Pinch out at 12 inches tall to promote side branches make much easier to use in arrangements.
Hardy Annual
Full Sun
Space 30cm / 12 inches apart
90-100 days to maturity
Height: 100-120 cm
This is one of the best amaranthus for designing with. It’s the perfect late-summer and autumnal filler, providing texture, structure and colour. It looks incredible in the garden, standing tall and creating stature and shape in the border. I use it in arrangements and tucked into bouquets, and it immediately lends drama and conjures that end of summer feeling. Wonderful for drying too.
This variety has upright plumes in a deep wine plum. I love this in late summer arrangements and often use it in larger scale arches and urns as well as filling jugs and market bouquets with their stems.
For best results sow under cover in early spring, and plant out when the weather has warmed. Can direct sow after the frosts have passed, and if it’s a mild winter, seeds dropped by last years plants will gently self-sow.
Pinch out at 12 inches tall to promote side branches make much easier to use in arrangements.
Hardy Annual
Full Sun
Space 30cm / 12 inches apart
90-100 days to maturity
Height: 100-120 cm
Approximately 100 seeds per packet
