#love-lies-bleeding

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Sunday 8 September 2024

The drooping, crimson tassel-like racemes of tiny flowers of Amaranthus caudatus (love-lies-bleeding, chenile plant, Inca wheat, lady's riding whip, velvet flower, cat tail, tassel flower) are at their most dramatic at the end of summer and early autumn. This short-lived frost-tender plant is popular in summer bedding displays and for containers.

Jill Raggett

[flowerishness]

Amaranthus caudatus (love-lies-bleeding)

Amaranthus caudatus is a plant with a fascinating history. Originally native to the Peruvian Andes, it has been cultivated as a food plant for thousands of years and was grown as a field crop throughout Central and South America. Unfortunately when Spanish conquistadores discovered that it was also used in rituals involving human sacrifice, they banned it. The locals were forced to plant wheat and barley instead. According to the United Nations, the indigenous population of Latin America had been reduced by 95% within 300 years of first European contact.

Of course, people who grow Amaranthus as an unusual garden ornamental aren't usually aware of any of this and, come to think of it, my main beef with this plant is its depressing common name 'love-lies-bleeding'. Who comes up with names like this?

[crudlynaturephotos]

[incendavery]

thistle: misanthropy

basil: hate

lavender: mistrust

chamomile: energy in adversity

love-lies-bleeding: hopeless but not helpless

a bouquet for @fuckaspunk‘s oc, deadbeat dick; if you follow my patreon, you may have seen this fellow before…

[saatkontor]

Love-lies-bleeding, Tassel Flower / Garten-Fuchsschwanz (Amaranthus caudatus) Seed source: www.saatkontor.de

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Monday 2 December 2024

The annual Amaranthus caudatus (love-lies-bleeding, careless, chenile plant, floramor, Inca wheat, lady's riding whip, velvet flower, cat tail, tassel flower) by late autumn has created erect or drooping, tassel-like racemes of tiny flowers. They make a dramatic seasonal addition to a border and the flowers can be used for fresh or dried arrangements. The birds enjoy eating the seedheads.

Jill Raggett

[prettypretender]

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