Sowing months
Mar–Apr, Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Every second day
Mature size
30–80 cm
First harvest
Flowers 70 days
Family
Amaranthaceae
Where it grows
balcony, terrace
Good for
beauty
Sow in
monsoon, summer
Care
Deadhead as heads brown or it stops making new ones.
Velvet crested heads that hold colour for weeks, in sun or half shade.
Growing it
Deadhead as heads brown or it stops making new ones.
What it is for
Bedding and cut flower; dries well for winter.