Light
Full sun in an open position.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Red Leaf Amaranth
Amaranthus tricolor · Red Leaf Amaranth
Vegetables · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
Red Leaf amaranth has broad green and burgundy-red leaves.
A space where it can thrive
Grow as a cultivated garden crop in a bed or suitably sized container. The illustrated nursery pot is a presentation, not a recommendation for the mature plant’s root space.
Ask about availabilityAvailability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.
Studio illustration. Appearance varies with age, variety and growing conditions.
Your care routine
Watering
Maintain moisture through germination; water leaf crops in dry weather.
Soil & drainage
Fertile, well-drained soil with room for upright growth.
Temperature
Frost-tender crop: start with warmth and move outside only after cold weather has passed.
Planting
Direct sow after soil warms, then thin; it grows poorly in cold spring conditions.
Harvest
Pick tender young leaves while leaving the growing point, or harvest baby plants as a leaf crop.
Through the seasons
Harvest regularly before stems become coarse. Allow selected plants to develop seed only if you want a seed crop.
When your plant needs help
- Grow in warmed soil and harvest leafy growth before the plant becomes coarse and flowers.
Pets & little ones
This guide covers a cultivated garden crop. Confirm the identity and the edible part before harvesting; wash produce and keep unverified plants away from children and pets.
Grow with your neighbourhood store.
Independent, family-owned and right here in Uptown New Westminster. Browse before your visit and keep this guide handy at home.
Visit The Golden BazaarCare references
Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.