Tagetes lemmonii Tangerine Scented Marigold

Close up of Tagetes lemmonii flowers

This delicate single petaled marigold is a perennial landscape plant in Zones 8 and up. Unlike its diminutive cousin, the common annual marigold of bedding plant fame, Tangerine Scented Marigold (also called Lemmon's Marigold) is a large plant that blooms in fall and is covered with blooms.

Mature Tagetes lemmonii Blooming
Other unusual perennial Marigolds are the fragrant, culinary  perennial Tagetes nelsonii, referred to as the Citrus Scented Marigold, and the tasty culinary perennial Spanish Tarragon, Tagetes lucida. 

Tangerine Scented Marigold is one of the six plants chosen to be in our Zone 8 Fragrant Herb Garden Six Pack.

Cultural Information

Height: 3 Feet 

Hardiness: Perennial
in Zones 8-11

Flower Color: Gold

Characteristics: Full Sun, Herbaceous, Water Conserving

Uses: Fragrant Ornamental

Tangerine Scented
Marigold

$4.50 per 3 inch pot

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