• Individual holding a cluster of Gomphrena Strawberry Fields flowers with red globular heads
  • Gomphrena Strawberry Fields bouquet in a transparent vase set against a dark surface
  • Hand presenting a single stem of Gomphrena Strawberry Fields with a spherical red flower
  • Gomphrena Strawberry Fields flowers arranged in a clear vase on a wooden table
  • Close-up of Gomphrena Strawberry Fields bloom with vibrant red petals and subtle yellow accents
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Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden

Gomphrena Strawberry Fields

£1.95
£1.95
Tax included.

Also known as Globe Amaranth, this is a really unusual and beautiful one to grow.

An upright, bushy plant with flowers (or bracts to give them their proper name) that look like little red strawberries in a deep red. It makes a stunning addition to dried flower arrangements. 

Quantity of Seeds 40 Seeds
Type Annual
Genus Gomphrena globosa
Sow Seeds

Sow March-May undercover into modules filled with seed compost.  Keep it at 20-25℃.  Once large enough to handle transplant into pots and grow on in cooler but not cold conditions
Plant Out Acclimatise before planting out when all risk of frost has passed
Flowers July-September
Height & Spread 50-60cm high x 30cm spread

 
    Individual holding a cluster of Gomphrena Strawberry Fields flowers with red globular heads
    Gomphrena Strawberry Fields bouquet in a transparent vase set against a dark surface
    Hand presenting a single stem of Gomphrena Strawberry Fields with a spherical red flower
    Gomphrena Strawberry Fields flowers arranged in a clear vase on a wooden table
    Close-up of Gomphrena Strawberry Fields bloom with vibrant red petals and subtle yellow accents