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Marigolds looking... well weird
SweetPea93
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The first things we've grown from seed have flowered, some french marigolds, the centres have formed nicely, but there's only five petals surrounding the middle, they look decidedly odd. I've not had chance to take a photo, but does anyone have any ideas at all?
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Hi Sweetpea
If you google French Marigolds Images you'll see loads of different types, including a few single ones - do yours look anything like those?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hard to tell without a pic sp93. Well done from growing from seed. I bought 6 to plant into pots in greenhouse to deter aphids, they were tiny but flowering. I've potted them on and nipped flowers off to make them grow bigger rather than flowering too early.
Dunno if this helps you.
Didn't see you there Dove
I'm just popping out in a minute so will grab a photo then.
They don't look disimilar is shape to http://www.tandmworldwide.com/flowers/flower-seeds/marigold-seeds/marigold-paprika/tp03829TM
but ours are all yellow. Is it advisable to cut the blooms off then?That seems such a shame! I think this thread is going to highlight just how new I am to gardening
Those are so pretty - do yours look like that?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
This is what they look like, but were supposed to be of the big, full head variety!
I dont supposee you might have an idea of what this marigold leafy looking plant may be? It's pretty much sprang up out of nowhere and is about 30cm tall!!
Think they are French marigold (or Tagetes), SweetPea.
The top picture looks like Naughty Marietta to me. I grow them every year and those look pretty standard. Good choice for attracting hover flies and deterring things like carrot fly