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Mon, Aug 11, 14 at 14:23
| When I was a kid I would enter flowers in the Alameda County Fair, held in Pleasanton, CA, and actually came home with a ribbon or two. Now close to 70, I seem to recall a kind of light yellow marigold that looked very much like a spider chrysanthemum that I took one or more years to the fair. But all kinds of searching has turned up nothing. Perhaps my memory isn't the best, but I'm fairly certain these flowers weren't mums, but rather marigolds (that no longer seem to exist). Anyone have any thoughts about this? Many thanks, |
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- Posted by duluthinbloomz4 zone 4a (My Page) on Mon, Aug 11, 14 at 17:47
| Would it be the Yellow Aztec Marigold (Tagetes Erecta) aka African Marigold. Don't know about the spidery petals unless it would be T. Erecta "Lemon Mum" |
Here is a link that might be useful: Tagetes Erecta
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- Posted by grandmamaloy 7 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 11, 14 at 22:40
| I took a look at where I buy my marigold seeds from. I don't want a bunch of volunteers, but I plant them around my vegetable garden and especially near my tomatoes. They put some kind of chemical into the soil that kills nematodes and also attract beneficial insects, like ladybugs, which will devour aphids. Anyway, it looks like it may have been some kind of African Marigold. They tend to have larger blossoms than the French Marigolds and some of them look quite similar to a chrysanthemum, though I didn't see any that looked particularly 'spidery'. I hope this points you in the right direction :) |
Here is a link that might be useful: Photos of marigolds
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- Posted by garystpaul z4 MN (My Page) on Tue, Aug 12, 14 at 8:58
| Thanks, folks. I think D.i.b. may have identified my long-lost plant. In any case, it's the closest I've come. Now will look for some seeds for next season. Gary |
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