Botanical Name: Tagetes species
Common Name: Marigold
Type of Plant: dicot: annual
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright herbaceous plant, single or few-stemmed; flowers terminal, usually ruffled
Height 8-36"
Spread 12-18"
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor full sun to partial shade
Soil tolerates most any soil
Hardiness tender to cold
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnately compound 2-4" long, dark green, strongly scented
Flowers 1-4" wide, orange, yellow, red, white ruffled, double flowers to flat, single flowers
Fruit long achene with bristle-like seeds protruding
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
warm sunny beds, borders, background or foreground plantings (depending on variety), color pots – very popular warm season annual
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers regular watering
Fertilizing balanced or low nitrogen fertilizer 2 x month
Pruning pinch off dead flowers, pinch frequently for branching
Pests/Diseases spider mites, leaf miner
 
Origin: hybrids
Family: Compositae

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