Gomphrena Plants. Blooms which are made up primarily of bracts rather than petals dry perfectly. Gomphrena grow and care herbaceous of the genus Gomphrena also known as Globe amaranth Gomphrena perennial evergreen plant but most grow as annual plant mostly used as ornamental plant but its also edible plant for the leaves and flowers used as cut flower its drought tolerant plant and attract pollinators can grow in tropic mediterranean subtropical.
As the name suggests the gomphrena produces globe-shaped blossoms with papery bracts in dainty shades of lavender purple pink red magenta blue orange and white. It is a popular summer plant that goes great with other ground covers like portulaca moss rose and purslane. It quickly grows to form a full dense landscape specimen eventually reaching up to 3-4 tall and 1-2 wide.
It is an ideal cut-flower with long vase life.
Gomphrena globosa commonly called globe amaranth is a compact annual that typically grows 12-24 tall on upright branching stems. It is one of the easiest plants to grow in summer. As the name suggests the gomphrena produces globe-shaped blossoms with papery bracts in dainty shades of lavender purple pink red magenta blue orange and white. Find out where you fall in the USDA Hardiness Zones database.