Marigolds deserve the
medal for being the flowers with the lowest maintenance required. In fact, some
experts claim that marigolds are nearly care free. That’s not quite true, but if
your garden color scheme runs to yellows and oranges, you can’t go wrong with
the trusty marigold.
Although marigolds are
one of the few popular garden plants where it’s possible to grow from seed
indoors and plant outside later, novice gardeners would do better to buy the
plants already started in the plastic packs at your garden center. Marigolds
will do well in bedding, pots, edgings, window boxes and some can even be used
as cut flowers and taken inside as part of a beautiful arrangement.
As you browse the
marigold section of your garden center, you will select your marigolds based on
color – from orange, yellow, red, cream and maroon – but make sure you check the
plastic tags for their projected height as well. Varieties of marigolds can grow
from six inches to three feet high, so you’ll want to take those heights into
account if you are going to group the plants together.
In your garden center,
you will typically buy a plastic pack of marigolds that contains three or four
plants. When you get home, all you have to do is gently remove the plant from
the pack and put it in a hole the size of the dirt that surrounds the roots.
Novice gardeners often believe plants are more delicate than they are. Sometimes
these plants will become attached via their roots. Don’t worry – you can just
separate them by gently pulling them apart.
Marigolds will thrive in
the sun in moist, well-drained soil. Like many plants, they will appreciate
being watered directly in the soil (rather than having the water rain down on
them). Marigolds may appreciate some feeding during the season, but they really
don’t require it.
One word of warning:
marigolds have a distinctive scent. Some people love it, others don’t. Before
you invest in marigolds for your garden, make sure you stick your nose right in
the plants and take a good whiff. It’s probably this scent that has made some
people believe that marigolds will keep insect pests out of your garden. Some
gardeners swear it’s true. The scientific evidence is inconclusive.
The only maintenance
marigolds require is what’s called “deadheading.” This means you pinch off the
dead blooms in order to make room for new ones. Some garden experts claim that
even that isn’t necessary, but it’s little work that’s necessary in exchange for
the beauty and color marigolds add to your garden all season long.
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