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Joseph's Coat
My thank to Rob Hefler at the Manitou Springs Cliff Dwellings for identifying this flower as Amaranthus tricolor “Splendens” or Amaranthus Perfecta, also known as Joseph’s Coat. What a disappointment, though I still find it a gorgeous exotic. It was not a perennial or a native wildflower. The Cliff Dwellings have extensive gardens of native wildflowers and shrubs used by the indigenous people. Why they suddenly had a garden of non-native annuals, I can't imagine.
Joseph's Coat
My thank to Rob Hefler at the Manitou Springs Cliff Dwellings for identifying this flower as Amaranthus tricolor “Splendens” or Amaranthus Perfecta, also known as Joseph’s Coat. What a disappointment, though I still find it a gorgeous exotic. It was not a perennial or a native wildflower. The Cliff Dwellings have extensive gardens of native wildflowers and shrubs used by the indigenous people. Why they suddenly had a garden of non-native annuals, I can't imagine.