Sylvia: Thanks for the info on the Seminole and the beautiful pictures. I planted the three remaining seeds I have and one is a few inches long so hopefully it will survive. I will try feeding more often to see if it makes a difference. The pumpkins were actually forming then falling of so I did not have issue with flowering or pollination.. but the plants were possibly weak. About callaloo/amaranth leaves: There are many varieties and I have eating raw the 4/5 that I planted. All nice in salad and the larger ones can be used as a wrap. I even got my mom to cook them as grape leaves rolls and they were delicious. There are tons of recipes out there using amaranth leaves. One way to find them is to look up recipes using the Indian names. Apparently there are different names in different provinces: Thotakura is one that is used (Just search for Thotakura in google pictures and click on the picture that you like which will most of the time lead you to a recipe - Somehow the link will not work). Amaranth leaves is also very similar to a Middle Eastern green called Molokhiah aka Mulukhiyah aka... So any recipe for Molokhiah can be used with amaranth. About amaranth seeds: I planted several varieties last year but the one that was most amazing came out of seeds I bought from the bulk bin at Who le Foods. I am pretty sure it was Golden Giant Amaranth and it was incredible. There were enough leaves to feed me, the neighbors, freeze, and an army of butterflies. At the end I was left with huge heads that must have each carried a pound or more of grains. Sadly they got hit by some fungus at the end of season and I was too exhausted with work and all to care so I left them die. And all I had was 6 stalks! I heartily recommend planting callaloo to all. At least to feed the butterflies/ as a trap plant. If you plant it in a corner or a bed by itself most likely it will self seed endlessly. That is what my wild calallo does and I mostly use it for greens for my compost pile (decadent I know) and never have to feed it.

It bears a white, tiny kind of flower, looks more like a fuzzy sprig. It doesn't have the traditional looking petals you will see on other plants.

I know I'm a bit late to the party but I'm almost certain that's green perilla. I currently have a (smaller) seedling that is either from my neighbor's hydrangea or a green perilla/other weed; I too sought answers through research and that's how I came upon this post.

Ken, Change hubbys? No way! It took YEARS to find a man who can be comfortable with the fact that I love spiders and won't kill them, but he kills the slugs I absolutely abhor! And the tool shop? He needed a new drill, but he said I needed a new Mantis tiller. We argued about it for weeks...my tiller works just fine! Actually, I think I know how the celosia got there. My 3-year-old granddaughter was visiting and decided she wanted to plant a garden. I had a bunch of old flower seeds laying around, so ...the celosia was the only thing that came up! It's the first time I've had celosia, and I thought they were these little 6 inch high plants like I saw in WalMart. That's why I couldn't figure out what they are. I love how wild and unrestrained they are. I want more of a cottage flower garden, and I think I can incorporate them into that scheme quite well. Cynthia