jillraggett:

Plant of the Day

Wednesday 19 September 2018

The tropical annual Gomphrena globosa (globe amaranth) has unusual spherical heads of flowers. The plant blooms continuously throughout summer to early autumn and is heat tolerant and fairly drought resistant growing best in full sun. The flowers can be purple, red, pink, orange and white in colour. It is a native of Central America. 

Jill Raggett