BOTANICAL NAME T AGETES SPECIES
PRONUNCIATION TA - je - teez
COMMON NAME African Marigold
FAMILY Compositae
Life Cycle Annual
Growth Habit Bedding Plant Shrub-like
Height and Width Ranges in sizes from 6” round to 3 feet tall and wide
ARRANGEMENT Opposite
Leaf Shape and Size Elliptical Length 3” - 6” Width 2” - 4”
MARGIN Serrated (toothed)
VEINS Pinnate
COMPOSITION Pinnately compound
FLOWER Spring to frost Yellow, orange, white
FRUIT Clusters of seeds Seed in flower head
Enviornment Sun
USE Bedding plant
DESCRIPTION Highly aromatic sp. ERECTA - African small sp. PATULA - French
CULTURAL PRACTICES Propagate by seed
PROBLEMS Powdery mildew
ZONES Annual
NATIVE OF: Mexico