Hi ya'l,.... here's our showy ancient giant...... Amaranth Mexico ''Opopeo''
An amazing backdrop for any flower or vegetable garden, Opopeo continues growing taller and taller (8-10’) with an abundance of deep red/burgundy flower spikes from top to bottom..... An incredible and generous cut flower with many more larger main heads and many side shoots. The dark green leaves are edible when young.....Edible seeds....a Heirloom plant... Amaranth seeds are very high in protein, and its a very high-quality protein closer to what you find in soybeans. Unlike other grain plants, amaranth is quite attractive and blooms with cascading spikes of flowers go to seed. The seeds are the grain that you can harvest....'Opopeo' Amaranth is a relatively maintenance-free plant to grow...... ...hummingbirds, bee's, butterflys, and moths feed on amaranth flowers..... .In ancient Greece, the amaranth was sacred to Ephesian Artemis. It allegedly had special healing properties as a symbol of immortality, was used to decorate images of the gods and tombs...