Gomphrena haageana QIS Mix (Samen) - Kugelamarant

The QIS Mix Globe Amaranth, known by its Latin name Gomphrena haageana and also called Scarlet Amaranth or Strawberry Amaranth, is a lovely annual with a summer flowering, whose flowers resemble small strawberries. This selection of globosa and haageanna types includes flowers of white, pink, and red colours as well as the rare scarlet orange variety. The flowers are borne on sturdy, tall stems of 75 cm. They can be used to create bouquets from July to September and can extend the season when dried.

This tall Globe Amaranth is best placed in the middle of a flower bed. Due to its growth habit, its effect will be more pronounced when planted in groups. Indeed, each plant has several upright stems, each bearing a single globose flower at its apex. Additionally, the lanceolate and elongated leaves are rather small (5 cm) and attached close to the stem (sessile). The visual impact will therefore be provided by several plants. This mix of vivid colours, complemented by green foliage with a slightly bluish, almost greyish hue, will naturally fit into a setting with various colours, but will also brighten up a more neutral background. The Globe Amaranth, native to Central America, prefers a sunny exposure.

Like some of its relatives in the Amaranthaceae family, you can use it in dried arrangements. Indeed, Amaranthus means in Greek: "that does not wither". To keep them looking their best, do not hesitate to cut them as soon as the flowers appear and begin to colour; this way, they will retain their evocative shape and colour.

This "strawberry field" is just as expressive in the garden as it is in a flower bed, on a terrace, or even indoors, in fresh or dried bouquets.