Fireball Pink Bachelor's Button studs a compact green mound with hot pink globe-shaped flower heads, each one flecked with tiny yellow tips you only notice up close. It arrives as a live 4-inch plant. Gomphrena is the annual that keeps its nerve in August. Give it full sun and well-drained soil and it holds color through the hottest stretch of summer into fall, in seasonal beds, along a hot driveway strip, or in patio containers. Stems are stiff enough to cut, so a short row doubles as a cutting garden, and bees and butterflies work the globes from spring onward. Fun fact: What reads as a flower is mostly papery bracts, which is why globe amaranth is a classic everlasting — hang a bunch upside down in a dry, dark spot and the pink barely fades. Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs) Water: Keep moist Mature Size: 1'–2' tall × 18"-24" wide Bloom Season: Summer, Fall Lifespan: Annual Attracts: Bees & butterflies Special: Cut flowers Plant it after your last frost — and rest easy, because it arrives healthy or we replace it free.
