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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Plant Height: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 1-2 feet
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Depth to plant seed: Sow 1/4" deep after last frost
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Large Flowered Globe Amaranth
Also sold as:
  • Gomphrena globosa 'Fireworks'
  • Gomphrena species 'Fireworks'

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Location: RHS Hyde Hall, Essex, UK.
Date: 2022-08-18
Location: My Cape Cod garden
Date: 2020-08-08

Date: 2018-08-05
Location: UGA Trial Gardens in Athens, GA
Date: July 2009
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: Summer 2010
Location: UGA Trial Gardens in Athens, GA
Date: July 2009
The taller plant in the back is Gomphrena 'Fireworks', with the s
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-08-14
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2013-06-20
Location: Purdue gardens Indiana  zone 5
Date: 2015-08-01

Date: 2010-01-11

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Date: 2012-05-17
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-08-21
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2019-03-26
Location: Indiana  zone 5 Purdue garden
Date: 2016-09-25

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
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Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
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Location: Houston Museum of Natural Science
Date: 2017-11-21

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Location: Purdue gardens Indiana  zone 5
Date: 2015-08-01
Location: South Carolina 
Date: 2016-03-30

Photo courtesy of Harris Seeds
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Photo courtesy of Harris Seeds
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Comments:
  • Posted by lovesblooms (Maryland - Zone 7a) on Feb 2, 2015 10:56 PM concerning plant:
    These just pretty much refuse to fade. I gathered seed, pulling the whole flower. They're dry now but still quite purple. Perfect for arrangements, fresh or dry. The yellow tips on the ends of each "spike" (my scientific term) also make them a conversation piece, since they 're so noticeable. They bloomed from early summer until fall and reached about cosmo height--4 to 5 feet--for me last year.
Plant Events from our members
lovesblooms On January 15, 2017 Seeds sown
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SCButtercup On March 19, 2016 Seeds sown
MunchkinsMom On July 20, 2017 Transplanted
Planted all three plants in pot with Edgeworthia 'Akebono' in Large Bed near White Birch Tree.
MunchkinsMom On June 21, 2017 Obtained plant
Obtained 06/21/2016 2 1/2" x 21/2" pot
MunchkinsMom On March 26, 2017 Plant emerged
All 3 plants starting to leaf out.
MunchkinsMom On June 10, 2016 Miscellaneous Event
Ordered from Burpee - 3 plants for $16.95
MrsBinWY On April 15, 2022 Seeds sown
On 4-15-2022, sowed pinch of seeds from janinilulu's 2020G, from plant with chartreuse foliage, put container on fish tank
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