You can use a heat mat to speed things along, keeping the soil at 70 F to help with speedy and uniform germination, or if it is warm enough outside you can even start them out in cells out in the sun. If you’re starting gomphrena in cell trays or soil blocks, place the seed on top of the soil (to help it receive light) and then water in well. Gomphrena is pretty easy to start from seed so long as you give it heat and light - similar to other plants in the Amarantheaceae family such as amaranthus and celosia. Perfect when in white because of its versatility in wedding work, but also will work for mixed bouquets as well especially when combined with other white/pale colored flowers like Cosmos ‘Purity’ or Dahlia ‘Bride to Be’. It’s a wonderful little white accent flower that can be used either as a very small secondary flower or a pseudo-filler if you pack a bunch of bushy stems into an arrangement or bouquet. globosa with the ‘Audray’ white colored gomphrena being my top pick. If you’re going for less bold and a little more subtle with your designs, then I’d recommend G. haageana with ‘Strawberry Fields’ being my top pick with its bright fire-engine red blooms that are great for market bouquets and little posies (and interestingly enough, when dried ‘Strawberry Fields’ turns a lovely blush-pink color that is so soft and muted). Gomphrena pair well with other hot summer annuals like zinnias, celosia, and amaranthus - my favorite combination is amaranthus ‘Hot Biscuits’ with zinnia ‘Queen Red Lime’ and Gomphrena ‘Strawberry Fields’ all planted in swaths together for a combination of bronze, mauve, red and deep weedy green for a color combination that is the epitomy of the height of summer in the garden.Īs cut flowers, if you’re going for solid, straight, easy stems with bold and saturated colors then I’d recommend G.
globosa ‘Fireworks’ which gets a bit taller and has a less bushy form compared to other varieties. In the garden, I recommend using them in the front of the border where they will be seen easily - with the exception being G. haageana doing very well, pumping out plenty of those pretty little button-shaped flowers over the season. haageana include the ‘QIS’ series, ‘Strawberry Fields’ and ‘Las Vegas’ mix.īoth are great as landscaping plants, with G. haageana varieties because they have longer stems, are generally strong and more sturdy (I find G.
The second is Gomphrena haageana which sports long straight stems, and while more difficult to use in designs that require a more flowing, organic shape, I like the G. globosa species include ‘Audray’, ‘Bicolor Rose’, ‘Ping Pong Mix’ and ‘Fireworks’, a beautiful very productive and floriferous variety that has chive-like blossoms of the brightest fuchsia pink. It’s a bit more difficult to grow as a cut flower because it 1) tends to have short stems that make it difficult to get enough length to make into a bouquet or arrangement and 2) it is rather brittle and tends to break when harvesting and working with it. It’s a delightful little plant that has a branching stem, with each end of the stem having multiple clover-like little flowers. Gomphrena can actually be split into two different species, which both have different forms
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