Hopi Red Dye Amaranth Flower Seeds

Hopi Red Dye Amaranth ( Amaranthus cruentus ) is a tall, warm-season plant with deep red foliage and flower heads. The cultivar is associated with Hopi agricultural and dye traditions, and the mature flower material can be used in natural-dye projects. Its strong color and upright form also make it a dramatic ornamental for sunny beds. Direct-sow after frost danger has passed and the soil has begun to warm. Press the fine seed into a prepared seedbed and cover lightly. Choose full sun and well-drained soil, spacing plants about 12–18 inches apart.

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Amaranthus cruentus
• Plant type: Tender Annual
• Growth habit: Upright
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Flower character: Hopi Red Dye Amaranth ( Amaranthus cruentus ) is a tall, warm-season plant with deep red foliage and flower heads.
• Recorded feature: Open-Pollinated
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Light: Full Sun
• Planting season: Spring
• Starting location: Direct Sow
• Recorded soil pH: 6.6 - 7.0
• Recorded USDA zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Hopi Red Dye Amaranth Flower and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.

Place Hopi Red Dye Amaranth Flower where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.

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