Marigold French SuperHero Yellow Bee

BOTANICAL NAME: Tagetes patula 'SuperHero Yellow Bee'
OTHER NAMES: French Marigold
GROUP/CLASS: SuperHero Series
AVERAGE MATURE HEIGHT: 25 cm
AVERAGE MATURE SPREAD: 15 cm
SUN EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shade
FLOWER COLOUR: Maroon with Yellow edge
FLOWERING TIME: Late spring to late summer
FOLIAGE COLOUR: Green
COLD HARDINESS: Annual
WATER NEEDS: Average
OTHER FEATURES: Bee Friendly, Edible Flower, Deer Resistant

Description:

This beautiful compact and bushy variety produces gorgeous maroon and bright yellow blooms all season long; fragrant dark green fern-like foliage; low maintenance makes this plant ideal for patio containers, hanging baskets and garden landscapes

Ornamental Features

Super Hero™ Yellow Bee Marigold features bold Yellow with maroon centers pincushion flowers with gold centers at the ends of the stems from late spring to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its fragrant ferny leaves remain dark green in colour throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes

Super Hero™ Yellow Bee Marigold is an herbaceous annual with an upright spreading habit of growth. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant. Trim off the flower heads after they fade and die to encourage more blooms late into the season. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Super Hero™ Yellow Bee Marigold is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• Border Edging
• General Garden Use
• Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Super Hero™ Yellow Bee Marigold will grow to be about 10 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 10 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. This fast-growing annual will normally live for one full growing season, needing replacement the following year.

This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

Super Hero™ Yellow Bee Marigold is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers against which the larger thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.