SCIENTIFIC NAME: Amaranthus tricolor

COMMON NAME: Joseph's Coat, fountain plant

FAMILY: Amaranthaceae

TYPE: annual

LEAVES: ovate to oval, tapering, 1 1/2" wide and 4" to 6" long; green with red and yellow variegation

FLOWER: not ornamental

GROWTH HABIT: 18" to 5', erect

SOIL: dry, subject to root rot in moist soil

SUN: full

UTILIZATION: for foliage color spring, summer and fall; background or specimen plant

DISEASES: root rot

INSECTS AND RELATED PESTS: stem borers

PROPAGATION: seed

MAINTENANCE: staking of tall cultivars