Description:

An exceptionally large growing variety that is topped with huge spikes of golden flowers from early summer until fall; gray-green foliage provides the perfect backdrop; great for borders or containers

Ornamental Features

Golden Giant Amaranthus features bold spikes of gold flowers rising above the foliage from early summer to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its large textured pointy leaves remain grayish green in color throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Golden Giant Amaranthus is an herbaceous annual with a rigidly upright and towering form. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other garden plants with finer foliage.

This is a high maintenance plant that will require regular care and upkeep, and should be cut back in late fall in preparation for winter. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Golden Giant Amaranthus is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• General Garden Use
• Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Golden Giant Amaranthus will grow to be about 8 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. The flower stalks can be weak and so it may require staking in exposed sites or excessively rich soils. This fast-growing annual will normally live for one full growing season, needing replacement the following year.

This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

Golden Giant Amaranthus is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. Its large size and upright habit of growth lend it for use as a solitary accent, or in a composition surrounded by smaller plants around the base and those that spill over the edges. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.