Tagetes erecta - Mexican Marigold - Seeds

Description

• Asteraceae Asterales
• Mexico
• H 1.3m x L 0.8m
•  Z9 
• Annual
• Synonym : Mexican Marygold
• 1 packet of 50 seeds
  (mixed varieties)

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Details

Mexican Marigold is grown as an ornamental garden plant, highly regarded for its remarkable bloming with large flowers in more or less tight pompoms, in shades of lemon yellow, bright yellow, and orange

The flowers are carried prominently above a nice green foliage without interruption from July to the first frosts

They are melliferous and very attractive to foraging insects

Leaves and flowers are aromatic

The species proposed here is a tall plant that will furnish the interior or the back of flower beds

Please do not confuse it with the dwarf Mexican Marygold

If you are after this format, may we recommend you our beautiful variety of French Marygold

We also recommend that you mix Tagetes erecta with tall Zinnias : The first blooming all Yellows and Oranges, the second all Pinks and Reds, will enrich the range in an explosion of contrasts and colors (both plants have the same cultural requirements)

Tagetes erecta has medicinal properties : Analgesic, Anthelmintic, Bactericide, Dewormer, Laxative, Nematocide, and Sedative

Mexican Marygold flowers can be used as a source of dye as we do with French Marygold

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Cultivation

Sow in pots in April-May protected from frost, and plant outside at the end of May

Any type of soil with medium fertility, full sun exposure

Protect young plants from slugs and snails

Easy plant, fast germination, fast growth, and maintenance free - except watering and fertilizing if grown in pots