Common Name: Marigold

Scientific Name: Tagetes patula

Marigold - Growth Habit

Physiological Growth Cycle: Annual

Dicot

Size:

• 6" to 18" height

Growth Habit:

• Rounded

Foliage:

• Opposite leaf arrangement
• Pinnate venation
• Toothed leaf margins
• Strongly aromatic

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Inflorescence:

• Yellow, orange and red-brown
• Head flower

Use:

• Edging plants
• Bedding plants
• Cut flowers

Problems:

• Spidermites

Culture:

• Full sun
• Tolerates poor soil
• Drought tolerant

Propagation:

• Seed

Notes:

• Origin of scientific name:
  • Tagetes: Named for Tages, an Etruscan deity who is said to have sprung from the earth as it was being plowed

• patula: Spreading

• Other Species: Tagetes erecta or African Marigold