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These estimates for how long Prince's feather takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.
Average 8 days | Min 5 days | Max 14 days (6)
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Our when to plant Prince's feather estimates are relative to your last frost date.
The genus name comes from the Greek amaranton meaning “not fading” – because the long crimson flowers don’t fade after the plant has died 1. The botanical epithet is from the Latin hypochondriacus meaning “melancholy”
Since the long crimson flowers don’t fade after the plant has died, the amaranth has come to symbolise immortality 1. The flowers are often called “bleeding heart” or “lamb’s tails”.
Amaranth
Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.
Misspellings: Princes feather
1 :Growing Herbs with Margaret Roberts; First published 1985