Globe Amaranth Gomphrena globosa
LATIN NAME: Gomphrena globosa
COMMON NAME: Globe Amaranth
The globe amaranth is the paper flower of the warm border, and the round, clover-like heads hold their colour in the dried wreath for years. The upright, bushy, annual plant carries the oval leaves and the round, clover-like heads of the many small, papery flowers in the pink, purple, white or orange shades through the long warm season, one of the fine, easy sights of the warm border. The plant is a fine, generous presence of the warm garden and the cutting bed. It is a plant of the open, sunny, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The globe amaranth is a bright, steady subject of the plant science, and the papery heads keep showing up in the work on the everlasting flowers. The way the heads hold their colour through the dry season has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the dried-flower crops, the warm-season annuals and the members of the amaranth family. The oval leaves and the upright, bushy habit have also made it a fine garden plant, and the globe amaranth is a regular subject of the work on the papery everlastings of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The globe amaranth is a fine, generous plant of the warm border and the cutting bed. The round, clover-like heads of the papery flowers open through the long warm season, holding their colour in the dried wreath and the winter bouquet for years, one of the fine, easy sights of the warm garden. The plant stands the heat and the dry ground with the ease, and it is one of the fine choices for the warm border, the cutting garden and the dried-flower bed. It has been written up in the horticultural and the floral papers for the papery heads and the easy, colourful ways, and it is a fine, generous plant of the open, sunny, well-drained garden.
The globe amaranth is one of the papery everlastings of the warm border, and the round heads hold their colour in the dried wreath. The plant stands the heat and the dry ground with the ease.
To grow the globe amaranth from seed, sow the small, round seeds across the surface of a pot of sterile seed compost, keep the pot in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then set the young plants out after the last frosts. The seedlings appear within a couple of weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun, the warmth and the well-drained ground, the papery heads will come through the warm season.
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