Our 2025 EFN seed catalogue is now live! Featuring over 130 new varieties and over 640 total varieties, sourced from over 50 different growers from across the country. Huge thanks to all of our growers, volunteers, and to our stellar seed-house team in Minnesota! Each of you make this work possible.

'Elephant Head' Amaranth
'Elephant Head' Amaranth

'Elephant Head' Amaranth

Regular price $4.00 Sale

Amaranthus spp.

Origin: Mesoamerica (via Germany, via USA)

Improvement status: Cultivar

Seeds per packet: ~250

Germination tested 08/2024: 98%

Life cycle: Annual

Edible and ornamental amaranth with large burgundy flower-heads shaped like an elephant's head (or sometimes a whole elephant in this strain!). Black seed can be used as a grain, while the leaves can be used as a vegetable. This is a real statement-piece in any garden!

These seeds come from a few spectacular volunteer plants in the garden at the new home of Nate's aunt Ellen, his cousin Aaron, and Aaron's partner Regina, in Alpha, New Jersey.