Marigold African Vanilla

Flowering for months and months, with stunning pom-pom like blooms
Just £23.98
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Key Features

  • Big pom-pom-like, creamy-white blooms flower prolifically across these beautiful plants
  • Enjoy the floral aroma produced, perfect for attracting bees and butterflies to the garden
  • Blooming from June until the first frosts, stretching across many months - you'll be enjoying these beauties for a while!
  • Marigold 'African Vanilla' perform well across the garden, full sun or partial shade, beds or borders, pots or baskets, they can do it all!
  • Supplied as a pack of 24 plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out
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Description

Looking to attract more wildlife to your garden? You'll struggle to find a better Marigold to grow than the pollinator-favourites, 'African Vanilla'.

Big, pom-pom-like flowers in creamy white top plants of rich green leaves, just like the frothy head of a drink, for many months across summer and even into the early calls of autumn. The abundant Marigold blooms not only produce a remarkable sight, but they also release a delightful floral aroma, perfectly drawing the attention of bees and butterflies to leave your gardening buzzing with the hum of nature.

In bloom from June through to the first frost of November, 'African Vanilla' is easy to grow and will perform whether planted in full sun or partial shade, perfectly suited to beds, borders, patio pots, and containers.

Supplied as a pack of 24 plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.

Top Tips
Dead head when flowers fade to encourage more flowers.
Care Information

Planting Advice:

  • Unpack plugs immediately and stand them in water for an hour.
  • Plugs may be slightly dry or yellow after being in a dark box in the post, but they’ll quickly recover.
  • Put them somewhere warm, light and airy such as a windowsill or greenhouse.
  • Plant straight into containers and grow on for a week or two before placing out.
  • Give your plants a good water initially, then only when the top compost starts to dry.
  • They don’t like to be left in standing water.
  • Plant approximately 20cm apart to allow them room to grow.
  • Feed using a high-potash feed such as Blooming Fast Superior Soluble Fertiliser for Flowers & Fruits, to encourage flowering.

Aftercare advice:

  • Regular maintenance and watering are essential to grow fabulous containers that last the whole season.
  • Check and water containers every day in summer, (unless the compost is wet).
  • Aim to keep the compost moist but not soggy and avoid wetting the foliage and flowers.
  • From March to June, apply a general-purpose liquid fertiliser once a week.
  • Deadhead and trim your plants regularly to maintain shape and encourage new flowers.
  • Do not allow plants to set seed.
Delivery Information

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. Pre-ordered items will be sent as soon as possible after the date quoted and we'll generally ship your entire order with your pre-ordered items. When your order is dispatched, we'll send you another email with details of how to track it.

Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.

Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.

Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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