Lemon marigolds: varieties and their cultivation features

Bright yellow marigolds, planted on the garden plot, look like real suns, blossoming on a summer day, which you can touch with your hand and admire the colorful glow up close. Marigolds, whose second name is tagetes, come in different colors, but it is the yellow varieties that make the garden even brighter, radiant, sunny and fill all its visitors with an excellent mood. The yellow varieties are called lemon marigolds.

The culture belongs to the family of Compositae plants, characterized by erect stems 30–70 centimeters high, depending on the variety. From the base, the stems have dense branches. Inflorescences are baskets 12 centimeters in diameter. The numerous petals are lemon yellow. These varieties are allowed to be planted both in the summer cottage and in room conditions.

Yellow flowers, planted in a pot or planter and placed on a balcony or terrace, are especially aesthetically pleasing. In a flower arrangement, the culture can be supplemented, for example, with primroses and cineraria. If the plant is planted next to garden crops, then vegetables are not in danger of being damaged by fungi or pests, since the aroma of marigolds scares off parasites.

Lemon marigolds have several subspecies.

• Lemon Giant. Forms large inflorescences up to 12 cm in diameter with multiple lemon-yellow petals. Seedlings when sowing by seedling method may appear already on the 5-10th day.

• "Lemon Prince". Slightly smaller flowers - 8-10 cm in diameter. The bush is high (up to 70 cm), with a distinct main shoot. Terry petals, spherical.

• "Lemon Miracle". It is a small branched bush up to 35 cm high, chrysanthemum inflorescences up to 9 cm in diameter, lush flowering, very stable peduncles.

• Lemon Drop. A miniature bush up to 20 cm high. It has terry little flowers, their diameter is 6 cm. It blooms in a lush scattering, perfectly bushy, bears many peduncles.

• Lemon Giant. A tall bush, reaching a height of half a meter, and small flowers - up to 7 cm in diameter. Resistant to adverse weather conditions.

• Lemon Pie. A large shrub, the height of which can be 70 cm. The stem is erect with pinnately dissected leaves. Flowers reach a diameter of 10 cm, appear in the form of a ball, densely double petals.

• Burke Lemon. The stems reach a height of 70 cm, and the basket-shaped inflorescences grow up to 12 cm in diameter.

• "Cupid lemon yellow"... Another compact species with a height of 30 cm with small flowers 7 cm in diameter. The bush of the reverse pyramidal shape branches well, the stems are directed upwards.

For seedlings, seeds are sown in early April. The planting material is deepened into the soil by 1 centimeter. When the threat of frost stops, you can transplant seedlings into open ground according to the scheme 25x25 centimeters. If the seeds are immediately planted in a dacha flower bed, then the flowering will be shorter.

The culture is picky about the composition of the soil and the abundance of moisture, but it is important to avoid overflowing the plant, otherwise putrefactive processes will develop.The flower should be watered at the beginning of growth, and fertilized 2-3 times at intervals of 7-10 days.

For proper planting and caring for marigolds, see the next video.