similarly named but different landscaping amaranth, and in the Caribbean it goes by the name calaloo. The smaller varieties planted as decoration will not produce any usable seed, but can still be eaten as salad greens. Unlike most salad greens, this one thrives in hot weather, so if you grow amaranth - or tetragonia, Malabar spinach, orach, or purslane for that matter- you can keep the salads coming all year long. Amaranth delivers salad greens when lettuce and spinach have long since bolted. In addition to tasting somewhat spinach like, amaranth is healthful: Lots of protein, vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber. In addition to growing for salad greens, it is (maybe more common historically) grown for its grain. Amaranth is a grain very similar to quinoa or couscous. It is very healthy for you and often found in health food stores.
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