Marigolds have always been among my favorite flowers for fall. It was about this time last year I got into a pretty heated argument about whether they attracted butterflies. You would think a couple ...

Marigolds make a great annual bedding plant. They are also very popular and a well-used annual for the vegetable garden. There is certainly a large variety to choose from for adding to your landscape.

A: There are many good sun-loving marigolds (Tagetes) to use in containers. They come in a variety of heights and flower shapes in a wide range of warm colors. Look for African marigolds (T. erecta), ...

QMy African marigold did not bloom until late summer last year. Any ideas? Also, I hear that they should be planted in the vegetable garden. Why? AAfrican marigolds are light sensitive which means ...

Marigolds can be grown indoors before the last frost or directly sown after the danger of frost has passed outdoors. For thriving marigolds, place them under full sun, water them daily, trim leggy ...

Mumsy marigold may just be the perfect mari-mum. If you are not familiar with the term mari-mum it came about as a result if of research at Texas A&M University in the early 90’s. They proved that the ...

Marigolds also are used in Hindu religious ceremonies. Several hundred years after their journey from the Americas to Europe and Africa, marigolds made a return voyage to North America after the ...

Q. My large yellow African marigolds bloomed like crazy until early August. Then, when cooler weather set in, I began to notice brown spots on the flowers and the leaves. A little later, even new and ...

Marigold is among the most widely planted and, hence, mundane of flowers. Yet I enjoy them as an essential part of summer with their yolk-like blooms and pungent foliage. For those who are bored by ...