planting love lies bleeding seeds Love-lies-bleeding Seeds (Amaranthus caudatus) – Monticello Shop

planting love lies bleeding seeds Love-lies-bleeding Seeds (Amaranthus caudatus) – Monticello ShopHarvested from the gardens at Monticello. When Thomas Jefferson noted "amarenths" on an 1806 list of flowers, he was likely referring to Love Lies Bleeding, a curious summer annual cultivated by the earliest American flower gardeners. Its common name suggests the unusual, cascading red flowers, that droop 12 24 down, and can be cut for fresh or dried arrangements. Direct sow seeds outdoors after the last spring frost. Alternatively, start seeds

Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.
When Thomas Jefferson noted "amarenths" on an 1806 list of flowers, he was likely referring to Love-Lies-Bleeding, a curious summer annual cultivated by the earliest American flower gardeners. Its common name suggests the unusual, cascading red flowers, that droop 12-24” down, and can be cut for fresh or dried arrangements.

Direct sow seeds outdoors after the last spring frost. Alternatively, start seeds indoors 4-6 weeks before the last frost, then harden off and transplant outdoors after the last frost. Approximately 70-80 seeds per packet.

Amaranthus caudatus is an annual flowering plant that goes by common names such as love-lies-bleeding, pendant amaranth, tassel flower, velvet flower, and foxtail amaranth. Amaranthus caudatus gets its unusual common name from its tiny blood red petalless flowers that bloom in narrow, drooping, tassel-like, terminal and axillary panicles throughout the growing season. Panicles typically hang straight down to 12"-24" long.