AMARANTH.—

Love Lies Bleeding
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• A unique growth habit of cascading pink plumes to attract pollinators
• Annual with bright red hanging blooms
• Easy to grow summer bloomer that’s great for cut flowers

Thrives in bright, sunny growing areas
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Red Garnet

• Antioxidant filled fuchsia leaves makes wonderfully rich microgreens
• Easy to grow, great for sprouts, greens or grains
• Sprouts with Attractive Color

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Joseph’s Coat

• Green leaves change to stunning bright shades of orange, yellow, and red throughout the summer
• Generally disease-free
• Native to tropical Asia
• Will tolerate partial shade in hotter climates

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Globe Amaranth

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Cockscomb

Plants Named for Birds

“Numerous plants have had the names of birds given to them, either from certain peculiarities in their structure resembling birds, or because they form acceptable food for the feathered race. Thus the Cock’s Comb is so called from the shape of its calyx….” Folkard

Amaranth

“The Amaranth was a sacred plant among the Greeks and Romans: from the former it received its name, which means “never-fading,” on account of the lasting nature of its blossoms. Hence it is considered the emblem of immortality. The Amaranth was also classed among the funeral flowers.
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“Homer describes the Thessalians as wearing crowns of Amaranth at the funeral of Achilles; and Thessalus decorated the tomb of the same hero with Amaranth-blossoms.

Homer Is Also Credited for Having Written the Aesop’s Fables: 

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The Rose and the Amaranth

“AN AMARANTH [was] planted in a garden near a Rose-Tree, thus addressed it: “What a lovely flower is the Rose, a favorite alike with Gods and with men. I envy you your beauty and your perfume.” The Rose replied, “I indeed, dear Amaranth, flourish but for a brief season! If no cruel hand pluck me from my stem, yet I must perish by an early doom. But thou art immortal and dost never fade, but bloomest for ever in renewed youth.” Aesop’s Fables

“Philostratus [Ancient Greek Sophist] records the custom of adorning tombs with flowers, and Artemidorus tells us that the Greeks were accustomed to hang wreaths of Amaranth in most of the temples of their divinities: and they regarded the Amaranth as the symbol of friendship.

“Milton crowns with Amaranth the angelic host assembled before the Deity:—

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“In Sumatra, the people of the Batta country lead in times of peace a purely pastoral life, and are accustomed to play on a kind of flute crowned with garlands of Amaranth and other flowers.——

At the Floral Games at Toulouse, a golden Amaranth was awarded for the best lyric composition.——

[“The Floral Games of Toulouse were a series of poetry competitions that took place in Toulouse, France, annually from 1324 until 1484. The games were held to celebrate Occitan poetry and preserve the poetic style of the Occitan troubadours. The games were held in various locations, including the orchard of the Augustinian convent, which is now the site of the Musée des Augustins.”] Google ai

“In modern times, the Amaranth has given its name to an order instituted by Queen Christiana of Sweden, in the year 1633, at an entertainment given in honour of Don Antonio Pimentel, the Spanish Ambassador. On this occasion she appeared in a dress covered with diamonds, attended by a suite nobles and ladies. At the conclusion of the ball she stripped her attire of the diamonds, and distributed them among the company, at the same time presenting the new order of knighthood, consisting of a ribbon and medal, with an Amaranth in enamel, encircled with the motto Dolce nella memoria.——

“In Roman Catholic countries, more especially in Portugal, the species of the flower known as the Globe Amaranth, Prince’s Feathers, and Cock’s Comb, are much cultivated for church decoration at Christmas time and during the Winter.

“The Amaranth is also selected as one of the flowers peculiarly appropriate to Ascension Day.——

“The species of Amaranth which we know as Love-lies-bleeding, has, in France, the singular name of Discipline des religieuses, the Nun’s Scourge.——

“The Amaranth was formerly known as Flower Gentle, Flower Velure, Floramor, and Velvet Flower. It is said to be under Saturn, and to be an excellent qualifier of the unruly actions of Venus.” Folkard, Plant Lore