Marigold
Your ultimate guide to Marigold: Everything you need to know with expert info for beginners and advanced gardeners alike.
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Deadheading Marigold Plants: When To Deadhead Marigolds To Prolong Blooming
Should you start removing spent marigold flowers? Marigold deadheading does help keep the garden looking its best and encourages new blooms. Click on this article for more information about deadheading marigold plants.
By Teo Spengler
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Marigold Leaf Problems: Treating Marigolds With Yellow Leaves
Marigold blossoms are a bright, sunny yellow, but the foliage below the flowers is supposed to be green. If your marigold leaves are turning yellow, you've got marigold leaf problems. To learn what might be causing yellowing marigold leaves, click here.
By Teo Spengler
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Using Marigolds Around Plants – Do Marigolds Keep Bugs Away
Do marigolds keep bugs away? The best way to find out is to experiment in your own garden, and you really can't go wrong. There's no doubt they attract a variety of beneficial insects that prey on bad bugs. Learn more about marigold plants and pests here.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Marigold And Tomato Companion Planting: Do Marigolds And Tomatoes Grow Well Together
Marigolds are appreciated for much more than their beauty; marigold and tomato companion planting is a tried and true technique used by gardeners for hundreds of years. What are the benefits of growing these together? Click here to find out.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Cape Marigold Information – Growing Cape Marigold Annuals In The Garden
We're all familiar with marigolds - sunny, cheerful plants that brighten the garden all summer long. Don't, however, confuse those old-fashioned favorites with Dimorphotheca cape marigolds, which are a different plant altogether. Learn more here.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Planting Cape Marigold Seeds: How To Sow Cape Marigold Seeds
Where you live and what your climate is like will determine whether you grow cape marigold as a summer or winter annual. Planting cape marigold seeds is an inexpensive way to get started with this pretty flower. This article will help with that.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Cape Marigold Propagation – How To Propagate African Daisy Flowers
Also known as African daisy, cape marigold (Dimorphotheca) is an African native that produces masses of beautiful, daisy-like blooms. Cape marigold propagation is easy if you can provide plenty of sunlight and well-drained soil. Learn how to propagate it here.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Feeding Cape Marigolds: How To Fertilize Cape Marigolds
Beginner gardeners are able to have great success when planting flowers that are robust and tolerant to adverse conditions. The cape marigold, rewards growers with bright and cheerful flowers, and both watering and feeding cape marigolds couldn’t be easier. Learn more here.
By Tonya Barnett
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African Marigold Care: How To Grow African Marigolds
African marigolds were sacred to the Aztecs, who used them as a medicine and as a ceremonial offering to the sun gods. Marigolds are still called the herb of the sun because of this. Click this article for more African marigold information.
By Darcy Larum
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Mountain Marigold Care – How To Grow Bush Marigold Plants
A beautiful annual scene is caused by the fall bloom period of Mountain Lemmon marigolds, which may also bloom sporadically in spring and summer, but save their best display for autumn. Click on this article to read more about mountain marigold plants.
By Darcy Larum
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Planting Marigold Seeds: Learn When And How To Plant Marigold Seeds
Since they're so popular, live plants are available at just about any garden center. But it's a lot cheaper and more fun growing marigolds by seed. You can learn more about how to plant marigold seeds in this article. Click here for additional information.
By Liz Baessler
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No Flowers On Marigolds: What To Do When Marigolds Will Not Bloom
Getting a marigold to flower usually isn't a difficult task, as the hardy annuals usually bloom nonstop from early summer until autumn. If your marigolds will not bloom, the fix is usually fairly simple. Click here for a few helpful suggestions.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Collecting Marigold Seeds: Learn How To Harvest Marigold Seeds
Marigold seeds aren't exactly expensive, but they do have to be replanted every year. Why not try collecting and storing marigold seeds this year? This article will help you learn how to harvest marigold seeds from your own garden. Click here for more info.
By Liz Baessler
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Common Marigold Diseases: Learn About Diseases In Marigold Plants
Marigolds are fairly resistant to insect issues, but diseases in marigold plants are an occasional problem. Marigold plant diseases are relatively easy to diagnose and treat, however. If you think your marigolds are suffering, this article can help.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Marigolds As Food – Tips On Growing Edible Marigolds
For the most part, marigolds are planted for annual color in pots and gardens, or sometimes around other plants to repel insects. But did you know that marigold flowers are edible? This article has information about growing edible marigolds.
By Amy Grant
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French Marigold Facts: Learn How To Plant French Marigolds
Marigolds have been a garden staple for decades. If you need a shorter variety, French marigolds are an option. Aromatic and colorful too, they will brighten up any garden. Read this article to learn more about planting and care of French marigolds.
By Gardening Know How
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Marigold Flowers Throughout Time
Since the Aztec period, marigold flower history has encompassed medicine, spirituality, cuisine and even magic. The many uses of marigold flowers throughout time weave an interesting history of marigolds and their importance in our lives, past and present.
By Bonnie Grant