Marigold Lemon Gem - seed
Easy to grow free-flowering annual for cottage gardens, with abundant lemon flowers that help lure good bugs and repel biting insects.
Plant alongside your tomatoes and basil to encourage ladybirds and keep aphids at bay; or place a pot on your patio to shoo away those mozzies.
Tagetes tenuifolia 'Lemon Gem' - lemon marigold, signet marigold
DESCRIPTION : Flowering mounding annual from Central and South America with starry flowers in clear yellow and ferny foliage. Ideal for potted colour, borders and garden beds. Good companion plants for vegetables, and insect repellent. Flowers and leaves are edible.
SOWING : Sow seeds 5mm deep, directly into garden beds in spring in cool climates, or autumn to spring in warmer ones. Germinates in 10-14 days
PLANTING : . Water seedlings regularly until established and during extended dry periods. Plant in free draining soil in a full sun location. Flowers better in poorer soils.
CARE: Easy care plant. Apply liquid fertiliser regularly for best results. Remove spent flowers to prolong the flowering season. Flowers 12 weeks after germinating
CONTENTS : 200 seeds
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