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Bedding plant

little beelittle bee Posts: 68
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hi can anyone help I am trying to find a bedding plant that I got last year but not sure of the correct name it is something like Tangies they have tiny spiky leaves with lots of flowers you can get orange or yellow & they have a wonderful smell they flower all summer & are around 8" tall.

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    edited June 2018
    Tagetes?
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    edited June 2018
    Are they these Little Bee? Tagettes, I’ve never noticed the smell😊
    very easy to grow from seed.  These were called Red, 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DimWitDimWit Posts: 553
    Would it be Tagetes tenuifolia (lemon marigold)?
  • little beelittle bee Posts: 68
    Thanks AnniD & Dimwit that's what they are the Lemon smell lovely sorry Lyn the flower in your picture is not the same but the leaves are maybe that's why you don't notice the smell they have the same name tho??? so thanks again all at least I can go out looking for them now I know the name. B)B)
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Tagetes come in a variety of shades of amber, orange and yellow ... also in varied heights, so check the labels as to how high the ones you buy will grow  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I have the little red ones. They look great in a container.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • little beelittle bee Posts: 68
    Thanks everyone for advice I am on my way to garden center to buy some I was able to ring first to check they had some so thanks again for correct name exited,com
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