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: 8-12 inches
Leaves: Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Orange
Flower Time: Summer
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Suitable as Annual
Edible Parts: Flowers
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Needs specific temperature: 68-77F
Days to germinate: 7-21
Depth to plant seed: Cover with fine sprinkling of vermiculite.
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

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Common names
  • Marigold
  • French Marigold
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Tagetes erecta
  • Synonym: Tagetes patula

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Location:  Bronx NY
Date: Summer 2013
Planted in a container with a tomato plant.

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