Description
Gomphrena produces globular flowerheads that brighten the garden. Seed Packet contains 35 seeds.
Gomphrena is a warm-season annual plant. Butterflies are attacked on flowers. Gomphrena flower is used as a cut flower or dried flower. Dried flower is simply hanging them upside down in a well-ventilated place, and you will have colour to enjoy all winter.
Seeds Specifications
| Common Name |
globe amaranth |
| Height |
1.00 to 2.00 feet |
| Flower Colour |
Red |
| Bloom Time |
June to frost |
| Difficulty Level |
Easy to grow |
Planting and care
- Water in very dry conditions
Cockscomb Red care
- Sow gomphrena seeds as an indoor plant to get a head start, or outdoors where you want the plants to grow at about the time of your last spring frost
| Sunlight |
Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Watering |
Medium |
| Soil |
well-drained soil |
| Temperature |
70 F to 75 F. |
| Fertilizer |
Apply any organic fertilizer |
| Harvest Season |
June to frost |
Cockscomb Red special feature
Borders, rock gardens, cutting gardens, annual beds or containers. Also useful as an edge.
Cockscomb Red uses
Ornamental Use:
- The plant is used for ornamental purpose
Medicinal Use:
- Plant is laxative, stomachic, carminative, astringent, depurative, emetic and good diuretic; found efficacious in renal dropsies and general anasarca
- Also used in coughs, pneumonia, rheumatism, piles, boils, skin eruptions, kidney stone and colic
- Note:Use only after consulting the specialist
