Have you grown amaranth on purpose? Many folks grow some Amaranths for ornament, since most are attractive plants. One of the most popular varieties is “Love Lies Bleeding,” or Amaranthus cruentus.

Many plants reach the peak of perfection during the cooler and shorter days of autumn. One species of underused plants that clamor for attention now are members of the amaranth family. Made up of ...

Amaranth. Sound familiar? No, not the lipstick color. Not the bedding plant, either. Or the weed, popularly known as pigweed, that is the enemy of many gardeners as well as commercial farmers. No, ...

Amaranth does not refer to one single plant. Rather, Amaranthus is a wide genus comprised of around 60 different species, most of which are summer annuals. This genus is a member of Amaranthaceae, the ...

The seven types of grain are wheat, corn, rice, oats, rye, buckwheat and barley. You are probably familiar with all of those. But do you know about amaranth? It is an annual herb that grows 6 to 10 ...

Its leaves taste like spinach, its seeds are a nutritious cereal grain substitute, and its flowers serve as a bold accent in the annual garden bed. Yet it nearly became extinct half a millennium ago.