Vanilla Improved Marigold – 50 Seeds

Vanilla Improved Marigold (Tagetes erecta ‘Vanilla Improved’) is an outstanding variety of marigold with creamy white 6-7cm flowers on bushy well-branched plants. Fully double, creamy white flower heads have tight centers and the dark green foliage offers a good contrast to the flowers. Large, pale cream blooms on strong stems. They are perfect for bedding, and also for containers.

Growing Vanilla Improved Marigold

Indoor Sowing: Not Recommended.

Direct Sowing: Spring.

• Planting Marigold Seeds can be done by direct seeding in Spring. Direct sowing in the garden is the best method for planting the seeds.
• If you are planting marigold seeds indoors, they need a warm area. Seeds need a temperature of 21-23 C. to germinate.
• The best soil to use is normal garden soil, but you can also mix potting soil with some garden soil, if you are planting the seeds in a container.
• Scatter the seeds on the soil surface and cover with a very thin layer of soil. If you are planting the seeds in a container, then first tamp down the soil before planting, so that the seeds don’t end up falling down to the bottom of the container
• Water well. Keep the soil only very slightly moist, not wet, until germination occurs.
• Germination can take a few months, depending on when you planted the seeds, as the seeds normally only start germinating in Summer.
• The plant attracts butterflies and Hummingbirds