My Virtual Steemit Garden #4 Amarante - Amaranthus caudatus

In Europe, amaranth, this edible plant, is sometimes considered a weed ! In Asia, its leaves are used in soups or casseroles like spinach. Its young shoots are delicious in salads. Gluten-free amaranth seeds are highly valued for their iron and calcium content. They are used like quinoa in the kitchen.

Originally from South America, amaranth is a plant whose oval leaves evoke that of betel. There are about sixty species, annual or perennial, spread around the world. Most are edible.

The flowering is spectacular, in very small flowers, in long very tight ears, of red color, grouped in falling plume.

Dominant color : Red
Beginning of flowering: 06-June
End of flowering: 10-October
Average adult height (in cm) : from 80 cm to 200 cm
Start of sowing: 04-April
Sowing end: 06-June

I live in an apartment in town with a small balcony, which is not enough to satisfy my garden desires. To compensate for this frustration, as soon as I can, I visit gardens and take photos, which I propose to share with you, if possible with some botanical information about the subject of the photo. But it is not always easy to identify flowers and plants, so feel free to give me information or correct if my comments are wrong.