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Tagetes lemmonii
Also called Mexican Marigold
Lemmon's marigold is a shrubby marigold native to dry parts of southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico, grown in gardens for its long fall-to-spring bloom. Its key to success is sun, sharp drainage and little water once established.
Tagetes lemmonii, or Lemmon's marigold, is a North American species of shrubby marigold, in the family Asteraceae. Other English names for this plant include Copper Canyon daisy, mountain marigold, Mexican marigold, and Passionfruit Marigold.
It is native to the states of Sonora and Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico as well as southern Arizona in the United States.
Tagetes lemmonii blooms from fall into spring and can sometimes be blooming for up to 10 months. It can get up to 8 feet tall by across. The foliage is pungent when disturbed.
The species is very drought tolerant in a Mediterranean climate and much used in California gardens where it tolerates light frosts without damage.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tagetes lemmonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
