2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Marigolds are perhaps the most popular flowers in our gardens. They are not only unpretentious and cute, but also very versatile. They are used to decorate both a flower bed, a rabatka, and any garden bed. How else can you use this “sunny velvet” in your garden?
Container group
These short flowers are great for container gardening. Unlike many other plants, marigolds are not so afraid of drought or waterlogging. Terracotta pots and other marigold garden containers can be customized to suit your garden, patio or veranda design.
Floating garden
Although marigolds are not aquatic plants, they will look good in special floating mini-flower beds in the middle of a garden pond, or place containers or flower pots on a specially fixed area or island in the pond. Against the backdrop of greenery and water, bright orange marigolds look very impressive.
Garden for children
If you decide to introduce your child to gardening, then first you need to choose beautiful and unpretentious plants that would be interesting and easy for the child to care for. Marigolds can be the first self-grown baby flowers. The seeds of these flowers are easy to plant even for inexperienced little hands. Marigolds germinate easily and do not require complex care, and their bright, numerous flowers will delight you and your children for a long time, inspiring new garden successes.
Go to monochrome
Recently, more and more gardeners are fond of creating stylish, monochrome flower beds. Most often, white plants are chosen for these purposes. But why not try to organize a sunny yellow flower bed? Marigolds, yellow dahlias, sunflowers, marigolds, escholzia, nasturtium, daylily will get along wonderfully and will give your garden a sunny mood for the whole summer.
Fight the pests
Despite its visual appeal, the aroma of marigolds is not particularly pleasant: tart, spicy and harsh. But it is just that many garden pests (for example, nematodes that eat plant roots) dislike him. By planting marigolds between the beds or right between the vegetables, you can immediately kill two birds with one stone: to give the garden beauty, and protect the culture from pests. French and African marigolds are especially effective against nematodes.
Garden border
There are many ways to define boundaries for flower beds, beds, and garden paths. However, the most attractive and natural of them is to make a border with flowers. In this case, the plants should be quite hardy and have the same average height. Marigolds in this case are a great option. Plant them along the paths to give your garden a cute charm, and there is no need to worry about borders.
Attract butterflies
If the dubious aroma of marigolds scares the pests, then it seems that butterflies, on the contrary, attract, like the wavy, bright flower petals of this plant. It is a good idea to plant marigolds in containers next to or on the window, in hanging pots on the patio, to watch beautifully fluttering butterflies visit you every now and then.
Bon Appetit
Marigolds are classified as flowers that can be eaten. Their bright, sunny inflorescences are used. Salads are prepared from them, they are added to soups, sauces, in main courses, served with fish and meat. The flowers taste like bitter wormwood or watercress. Marigolds contain many vitamins (P, C, E, etc.) and carotene. So their use is also beneficial for the body. Among these plants there are special cultivars for culinary purposes: Tangerine Gem, Lemon Gem, French Vanilla.
Flower potions
Surprisingly, from ancient times, medicinal decoctions have been prepared from marigolds that help with colds, viral and bacterial diseases. Flowers are able to normalize digestion, immunity, help with constipation. In the distant countries of South America, diuretics, decoctions for the treatment of exhaustion and fever are prepared from marigolds.
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