With cascading tassels of the most wonderful coral-pink. Amaranthus 'Coral Fountain' is a great addition to the garden and a superb filler for the vase. It makes a beautiful backdrop toward the back of the garden border and is an excellent cut flower, adding colour and texture to the garden or flower arrangement. The coral flowers, which slowly fade to cream as they age, form dramatic tassel-like panicles which can grow to 60cm (24in) long and seem to drip from the branches in profusion throughout summer and early autumn. 'Coral Fountain' is a great complement to the traditional cascading, red or green Love-Lies-Bleeding. All have similar plant habits, days to maturity, and great presence in arrangements. Well-grown plants of love-lies-bleeding are spectacular bushy half-hardy annuals with large, almost tropical leaves, over and through which the familiar tassels cascade to the ground. Each of these fascinating tassels is a colony of tightly packed, tiny flowers and lasts for many weeks on the plant Watering plants well in dry weather, feeding regularly and supporting the heavily laden stems if necessary, all help to produce the longest tassels. With neglect it will flower when only a very few inches high, but with generous treatment, specimens three or four feet or more with enormous drooping tassels of flowers can be obtained This ever-popular annual is perhaps more versatile than you might imagine. The plants are good in the border and make a good pot-plant. The long panicles are most effective as a cut flower in arrangements, and, not often appreciated, if carefully dried, the colour of the spikes remains unchanged for a considerable time.