 | Joseph's Coat Seeds (Amaranthus tricolor). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello. Thomas Jefferson included Joseph's Coat, or "three-coloured Amaranth", in a shipment of seeds to his brother-in-law, Francis Eppes, from Paris in 1786. This brightly-plumed, tender annual is grown for its vibrant yellow and red foliage that provides an eye-catching display of color in the summer border. Jefferson-documented: This plant was documented by Thomas Jefferson in his Garden Book, Notes on the State of Virginia,... - Joseph's Coat Seeds (Amaranthus tricolor). |
