House Springs, MO.
Bought seeds in 2009 thru one of the Heirloom Seed Growers. Started indoors in March 2010, under lights, along...Read More with my tomatoes. Tashkent is definitely not a low-growing variety...spaced seedlings 12" apart (a bit too tight)...they filled out to 30" x 30"...creating a handsome, yellow-maroon "hedge" along the front sides of my raised beds. This marigold is a butterfly magnet. Awesome mass planting or as a specimen...gave away tons of seeds to family members and friends. Re: bigriver37@charter.net
".. During a People-to-People trip to Uzbekistan in 1992, grower Bob Bell collected seed from French marigolds growing next to an old Mus...Read Morelim school. One can only guess how these flowers made their way halfway around the world, to grow in obscurity until an heirloom aficionado appeared! ‘Tashkent #1’ is said to be unusually fragrant, with numerous single-petalled flowers (to 2" across) that are velvet mahogany with a fine orange border and yellow center. As petals mature, they change from mahogany to orange-red. The plant grows to 16", with dense, deep-green foliage..." ( Marigolds: Best Varieties for Butterflies by Claire Hagen Dole)
Someone has send me a few seeds labelled as "rare"...well let's see...
House Springs, MO.
Bought seeds in 2009 thru one of the Heirloom Seed Growers. Started indoors in March 2010, under lights, along...Read More
A pretty little marigold with finer-than-average almost feathery foliage.
".. During a People-to-People trip to Uzbekistan in 1992, grower Bob Bell collected seed from French marigolds growing next to an old Mus...Read More