French Marigolds As Bedding Plants Update - August 2023
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This year, I planted a couple of flats of Dwarf French multi-color Marigolds that arrived as plugs from the Home Depot as bedding plants across the front of our front-porch bed. They come in flats of four eight packs and I think I put down a couple of them. Maybe 60 of them-or so. Below is a look at their current state - across the front porch bed: They've REALLY put on some size in the past few weeks. Peek here at this post from mid-June that shows them when I was digging out that front natural edge . And, for even more contrast, check out this photo below showing Spring-time (right when I planted them) when the tulip foliage was still hanging around: I've planted many things over the years along this front border, but I think I am coming back to these multi-color marigolds. First...they're orange. Love that. Second... they're French - which we first saw at Luxembourg Gardens . I planted these all the way across the front, but the Dusty Millers from last y