Gomphrena globosa ‘Fireworks’ (Globe Amaranth)

Bursting with sparkling color over a very long blooming season, drought and heat tolerant, and extremely easy to grow, Gomphrena globosa ‘Firework’ (Globe Amaranth) is a fabulous annual plant that will create fireworks in your garden from early summer to frost. This prolific bloomer produces masses of long-lasting, intense hot pink pom-poms tipped with gold atop long, sturdy, branchy stems. Low maintenance and fairly pest and disease-free, Globe Amaranth is an attractive architectural element in the landscape and looks amazing at home as it makes excellent fresh-cut flowers and everlasting dried arrangements!

• Grows up to 3-4 ft. tall and wide (90-120 cm).
• Thrives in any moderately fertile soil in full sun. Good drought tolerance once established but performs best with regular moisture throughout the growing season. Excellent heat tolerance.
• A great choice for beds and borders, containers, cottage gardens, and cutting gardens. Since this is a tall Gomphrena, place it at the back of the border, or anywhere you might like to create a dramatic vertical exclamation point in your garden.
• Excellent for fresh or dried flower arrangements and bouquets.
• Low maintenance, add this charming annual plant to the landscape and you will be rewarded with bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, beneficial insects.
• In warm winter climates, such as USDA hardiness zones 9 and 11, Globe Amaranth can also be grown as a perennial.
• No deadheading is required.
• No serious pest or disease issues. Deer do not prefer this plant.
• Propagate by sowing seed at 60-65°F (15-18°C) in early spring.
• Sow seeds outdoors after all danger of frost has passed or indoors 6-8 weeks prior to the last spring frost date.
• Pinch young plants to promote bushiness.
• Gomphrena globosa is native to Central America.