Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena haageana 'Strawberry Fields')

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun
Plant Height:	24 inches
Plant Spread:	8-10 inches
Leaves:	Unusual foliage color
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Red
Flower Time:	Summer Late summer or early fall Fall
Uses:	Cut Flower Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees
Propagation: Seeds:	Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Start indoors Can handle transplanting

Common names

Globe Amaranth

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Location: My garden in Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 2023-08-07
Love this color

Uploaded by NMoasis

Location: My garden in Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 2023-08-07
Semi upright growth works well for container "fill"

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Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-09-20
Gomphrena - Globe Flower 016

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Location: Surprise, AZ
Date: 2022-11-16
Dried seed head

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Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-09-30
Gomphrena - Globe Flower 019

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Location: Surprise, Az
Date: 2022-11-16
Dried bloom head, petal, seed

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Location: Surprise, Az
Date: 2022-11-16
Dried seed pod/petal

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Location: Surprise, Az
Date: 2022-11-16
Seed with outter husk removed

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Location: Gardnerville, Nevada
Date: 2017-08-14

Uploaded by KelliW

Location: Kyle
Date: 2018-09-07
the mice and/or rabbits like to snip the flowers off, unfortunate

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Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2011-12-26

Uploaded by JonnaSudenius

Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2019-08-25
Gomphrena haageana 'Strawberry Fields' - Leaves, lance shaped, ha

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Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2019-08-25
Gomphrena haageana 'Strawberry Fields' - In this cultivar the flo

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Uploaded by Paul2032

Location: Surprise, Az
Date: 2022-11-16
Seed with/without husk

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Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2012-11-03

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Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2010-08-30

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Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2008-08-30

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Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Date: August 2008
Gomphrena Strawberry Fields

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Uploaded by Paul2032

Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-08-14
Gomphrena - Globe Flower 008

Uploaded by dawiz1753

Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio

Uploaded by Joy

Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-09-14
Gomphrena - Globe Flower 017

Uploaded by dawiz1753

Location: Kyle, Texas
Date: 2017-06-01
Love the name, love the plant!

Uploaded by christinereid54

Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2014-05-26
Treated as an annual most places, this one has reliably returned

Uploaded by lovemyhouse

Location: Garland TX
Date: 10-5-11 6:00PM CDT
Bouncing back after this terrible hot, dry summer.

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Uploaded by Tree_climber

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

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Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.

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Comments:

Posted by lovesblooms (Maryland - Zone 7a) on May 1, 2015 3:13 PM concerning plant:

I love this plant, too. I planted it at the base of a lightpost and it grew four feet high and harmonized very nicely with the gloriosa lilies twining above it. The flowers, and the name gomphrena, remind me of gumdrops. The papery blooms last pretty much forever and there's no need to deadhead: It's always sending up more blooms.

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Posted by Tree_climber (Brown City, MI) on Mar 9, 2014 9:16 AM concerning plant:

I love this plant! It will self seed even in my zone 5, but be careful the seedlings look like weeds.

This looks fantastic planted with Dill. The wonderful aroma of the Dill with the bright red from the Strawberry Fields is a charge for the senses.

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Plant Events from our members
lovesblooms	On April 14, 2020	Seeds sown indoors
lovesblooms	On March 3, 2018	Seeds sown winter sown
lovesblooms	On January 15, 2017	Seeds sown w/s
lovesblooms	On July 15, 2015	Bloomed
lovesblooms	On April 20, 2015	Seeds germinated
lovesblooms	On January 25, 2015	Seeds sown winter sown
variegatagal	On March 12, 2021	Seeds sown Resow Needs ambient temperatures > 70F to kickstart germination.
variegatagal	On February 23, 2021	Seeds sown
variegatagal	On April 3, 2020	Seeds sown
variegatagal	On March 5, 2020	Obtained plant Baker Creek Heirloom Seed

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Gomphrena Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena haageana 'Strawberry Fields')

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Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena haageana 'Strawberry Fields')