General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 10-12 inches
Plant Spread: 10-14 inches
Leaves: Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Flowers
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 75-80F
Days to germinate: 5-8 days
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Trade name information:
Series: Alumia™
Trade Name: Vanilla Cream
Cultivar name: 'Alumia Vanilla Cream'
Common names
  • French Marigold
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Tagetes erecta
  • Synonym: Tagetes patula

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Date: 2014-04-26

Date: 2014-04-26
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-01-19

Photo courtesy of Harris Seeds
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-07-22
In the plant sales area
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-07-22
In the plant sales area
Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Jan 9, 2014 6:13 PM concerning plant:
    An anemone type French Marigold in a primrose yellow color.

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