Golden Marguerite
Anthemis tinctoria. ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE).
Planting and Growing Golden Marguerite
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow golden marguerite in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of golden marguerite
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for golden marguerite
- Season of bloom and planting time for golden marguerite
- When, how deep, and where to plant golden marguerite
- How to plant golden marguerite
- Watering, fertilizing, care and pests or diseases of golden marguerite
- Landscape and container uses of golden marguerite
- Comments about golden marguerite and its features
Growing Golden Marguerite
Several cultivars of short-lived, rounded, shrublike, deciduous biennial and perennial herbs, 2–3 ft. (60–90 cm) tall and wide. Smooth, light green, fernlike, deeply cut, fragrant leaves, to 3 in. (75 mm) long, with felt gray undersides.
Evergreen in warm climates.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Single gold, orange, white, yellow, daisylike, multirayed, upturned flowers, 1–1/2–2–in. (38–50–mm) wide, with wide yellow centers, in profuse masses in summer–early autumn.
Best Climates
Semi-hardy. Zones 3–10. Self-seeding, zones 8–10.
Soil Type and Fertility
Damp to dry, well-drained soil. Fertility: Low. 6.5–7.0 pH. Avoid heavy, moist, clayey soil.
Where and How to Plant
Late spring or early summer in full sun, 15–18 in. (38–45 cm) apart, after soil warms.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep damp; allow soil surface to dry between waterings. Avoid fertilizing. Deadhead spent flowers to prolong blooms. Propagate by cuttings, division, seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for borders in cottage, natural gardens. Good for cutting. Flowers yield yellow dye. Disease resistant. Aphid susceptible.