Dreadlocks love-lies-bleeding
Amaranthus caudatus 'Dreadlocks'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size3 to 5 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Dreadlocks' love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus 'Dreadlocks') is an annual for borders, cut flowers, and containers. It is not cold-hardy and will not survive freezing temperatures. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. It grows 35 to 59 inches tall and blooms from early to late summer. Birds visit it, and it is also drought tolerant.
Pairs well with Coleosaurus coleus, Spider flower, Blue Fortune Bill Williams Mountain giant hyssop, and Red fescue.