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Tagetes minuta
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
Free delivery when you spend over £80
Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
Not a looker, but its roots kill perennial weeds
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
Product details
- Type
- Half-Hardy Annual
- Position
- Kitchen Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- October
- Height
- 1.2m (4ft)
- Common name
- Mexican Marigold
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 45cm (18in)
Care Tips
The dried leaves are used as an edible herb with an apple flavour, and also as a medicinal plant, but beware, as the leaves can cause a rash in some people.
Flowering Time
October
