Cut flower variety
Amaranthus Pygmy Torch
Amaranthus spp. / Amaranthus
'Pygmy Torch' is a compact burgundy prince's feather amaranth for growers who want the amaranth look without committing to very tall, bulky plants. It brings dark maroon plumes and purple-toned foliage into small bouquets, autumn subscriptions, dried bunches and container-scale cutting beds. Its main caution is commercial scale: it is short, so it should be tested with your actual bouquet sizes, bunch standards and customer expectations before assigning it prime production space.
Overview
Why growers use it
'Pygmy Torch' is a compact burgundy prince's feather amaranth for growers who want the amaranth look without committing to very tall, bulky plants. It brings dark maroon plumes and purple-toned foliage into small bouquets, autumn subscriptions, dried bunches and container-scale cutting beds. Its main caution is commercial scale: it is short, so it should be tested with your actual bouquet sizes, bunch standards and customer expectations before assigning it prime production space.
Floral use
Design and market fit
Role
Focal
Texture
Dense, feathery, compact, velvety, seedhead-like.
Tone
Moody, dark, rich, compact, autumnal.
Form
Compact upright plume / dwarf spike.
Bouquet fit
Autumn market bouquet, moody small wedding work, dried botanical, rustic posy, dark accent, container-grown cutting garden, Halloween and harvest-season designs.
Event use
Best for autumn events, small arrangements, bud vases, moody burgundy palettes, dried details, market bouquets and compact design recipes.
Color notes
Orange, Cream, Green, Coral
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Other varieties in this crop
Amaranthus Autumn Palette
Orange / Texture / filler
Warm cream, green, bronze, copper, and orange-brown upright amaranth plumes for textural summer and autumn cutting.
Open variety
Amaranthus Autumn’s Touch
Green / Focal
'Autumn’s Touch' is a warm-season upright amaranth grown for muted green, bronze and copper plumes that feel very different from bright red or lime-green amaranths. It is especially useful when a farm wants a late-summer/autumn texture crop for dahlias, zinnias, celosia, grasses, subscriptions and florist orders. It should be positioned as a design crop: not a main focal flower, but a stem that gives bouquets depth, movement and a modern seasonal palette.
Open variety
Amaranthus Coral Fountain
Coral / Trailing texture / accent
Dusty coral-pink trailing amaranth with cascading tassels for dramatic fresh and dried floral design.
Open variety
Amaranthus Dreadlocks
Pink / Trailing texture / accent
Dusty magenta-burgundy trailing amaranth with cascading tassels for dramatic fresh and dried floral design.
Open variety
Amaranthus Elephant Head
Red / Focal
Amaranthus 'Elephant Head' is a bold warm-season annual grown for dense, dark burgundy, upright flower heads with a sculptural, almost cockscomb-like presence. It is not a soft filler; it is a statement texture crop for growers who want dramatic autumn stems, moody florist material, dried botanicals, and unusual market-bouquet ingredients. The crop is easy enough to grow in heat, but it needs warm soil, full sun, clean harvest handling, and careful market testing because the form is distinctive and can become coarse if grown too large.
Open variety
Amaranthus Emerald Tassels
Green / Focal
Emerald Tassels is best treated as a green trailing love-lies-bleeding amaranth for warm-season cut-flower production. It gives bouquets movement, texture and a soft botanical green that is difficult to replace with ordinary foliage. It is valuable for farm bouquets, florist work, installations, late-summer wedding designs and dried work, but it should be trialed separately from Green Tails and Green Cascade because supplier naming in green trailing amaranths can be inconsistent.
Open variety
Amaranthus Golden Giant
Yellow / Upright texture / accent
Tall golden-orange upright amaranth with large grain plumes for bold fresh and dried floral texture.
Open variety
Amaranthus Green Cascade
Green / Focal
Amaranthus caudatus is a warm-season annual grown for long pendulous tassels that bring movement, texture and drama to fresh bouquets, installations and dried arrangements. It is easy compared with premium cuts, but requires warmth, sun, support, correct harvest stage and quick hydration.
Open variety
Amaranthus Green Giant
Green / Focal
Amaranthus 'Green Giant' is best handled as a tall, vigorous green upright amaranth for bold texture stems. It can be useful where growers need height, chartreuse-green structure and dried material, but it should be trialed before scaling because the name is not as consistently documented as some other amaranth cultivars.
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