Tagetes erecta nana 'Snowdrift' / 'Snowstorm'
- Product number: 555200
- Origin: Mexico, Central America
- Latin: Tagetes erecta nana
Almost white (cream), large-flowered African marigolds with a relatively compact growth height: 35-50 cm. They combine beautifully with almost all other colours in the garden! Now we just have to hope for lots of sunshine: they love it!
Giant-flowered African marigolds (5-10 cm in diameter) remind me of my childhood; I loved their scent and enjoyed walking through fields of these big beauties. The large spherical flowers are a lovely old-fashioned decoration for the garden, and for the taller types: they are excellent for cutting!
This Tagetes also has an effect against harmful nematodes (eelworms); for more crops, see the "Useful Plants" chapter in the "Disease-Repelling Plants" group.
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Latin: Tagetes erecta nana
Dutch: Reuzenbloemige Witte Afrikaan (Giant-flowered White African Marigold)
Also known as: Reuzenafrikanen (Giant African Marigolds)
English: African Marigold
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- Flower colour: Off-white, cream
- Origin: Mexico, Central America
- Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Tagetes erecta nana
- Dutch: Giant White African
- Also known as: Giant African land snails
- English: African Marigold
