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| Scientific Name: | Tagetes erecta (incl. hybid cvs.) | Form: |
Oval - vertical
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| Common Name: | African marigold | Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae | Habit: |
Stiffly upright
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| Plant Type: |
Annual
| Mature Size (ht. X w.): | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m |
| Origin: |
Mexico,
Central America,
Garden origin
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 C) |
| Leaves: |
Compound,
Alternate,
Soft flexible,
Glabrous,
Distinctive smell,
Odd-pinnate,
Lanceolate,
Serrate
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| Flowers: |
Head (capitulum),
Yellow,
Orange,
White,
May-
Jun-
Jul-
Aug-
Sep-
Oct
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| Fruit: |
Achene,
Black,
Brown,
Oct
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| Exposure: |
Full sun
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| Soil or Media: |
Well-drained
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| Landscape Uses: |
Attract beneficial insects,
Bedding plant,
Fragrance,
Group or mass planting,
Summer interest,
Attract butterflies
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| Key ID Features: | Glabrous annual plant, 30-50(-120) cm tall, stems angular; leaves pinnately compound, 5-10 cm long with 11-17 leaflets, lanceolate, 1-3 cm long, margins sharply toothed, sparse dark glands on lower surface; heads 5-10 cm wide, rounded, usually double, commonly yellow to orange but red and cream to white bicolour cultivars exist, aromatic when crushed. |
