Prince's Feather, Love lies bleeding

Princes Feather, Love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus) - Annual plants, some of distinct habit and color. The old Love-lies-bleeding (A. caudatus), with its dark-red pendent racemes, is a fine plant when well grown, but A. speciosus and some other varieties are finer. The more vigorous species grow from 2 to 5 feet high. It is best to give them room to spread, otherwise much of their picturesque effect is lost. Easily raised as any annual, they deserve to be well thinned out and put in rich ground. The foliage of some varieties is rich in Color, and planted with Canna, Wigandia, Ricinus, Solanum, the effect is good. The varieties of A. tricolor require a light soil and a warmer place. Sow the seed in April in a hot-bed, pricking out the seedlings in a hot-bed, and plant about the end of May.

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