HOw To WE LOVE MARIGOLDS

Now that the flooding downpours are gone, time to get back to important stuff...like flowers!  When I pulled up to the farm last weekend to work on the raised beds, even way down at 2nd Family's house, I looked toward our house and I saw color!  Lots of it!











These are the marigolds we planted last Spring.  They did great all Spring and Summer but now they have exploded in this cooler weather and seem to be growing even faster.  We love it!






The beds are overflowing with marigolds.  Of course, we planted them along the edge of the flower bed so they are all hanging over into the yard.  Another plus is they smell so good too (I know not everyone likes the smell but we sure do).








They are even springing up elsewhere...this is not one I planted, it is a volunteer that came up on the other side of the stairs in a not yet completed flower bed!  Seed blew over?  Bird dropped it?  Somehow it popped up!

It's a riot of color and we only bought yellow and orange!  Now we know one flower for sure that does VERY well in our heat and since I only watered on the weekends, they are drought tolerant too.  But we don't know much else about marigolds and while I know I can Google info, we like firsthand info from people who have had experience with them. 

 Anyone have some "marigold advice"? 

 Are there other colors?  Varieties?
Growing tips?


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