PlantFiles: Love-Lies-Bleeding, Green Tassel Flower
Amaranthus caudatus 'Viridis'

Easily grown in my zone 5 landscape. No extra ammendments were added. They seem to enjoy heat, neglect and poor soil ~~~ even tried growing on the edge of the sidewalk, I moved them for their own good. Loved the fresh green tassels swaying in the breeze. Deer will munch on them, but this only makes them bushier. Taller plants often need staking as the tassels can become quite heavy.
Waiting on next spring to see if they reseed as easily as their sister plant "red tassels".

This green variety was very easy to grow from seed both indoors and direct sown in my zone 5b garden. My soil is sandy and no compost was added at seeding time. It bloomed really well in our very hot and humid summer and still going strong today Sept 29th. I just took some seed to save inside a paper bag and noticed there is a reddish blush tone to some braids. Hence some of the seed is reddish and I wonder if sown if they would turn out to be the red form again. It's an easy plant to grow for beginners and something different in the garden. I think you will like it.

I really enjoyed this plant, it bloomed from early spring (I sowed indoors) to mid summer. I had it in a container and think it finally just played out. very prone to cucumber beetles, spray to keep them away.