Tell Me A Story: MARIGOLD FLOWER BED

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

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Flower Bed

I discovered a literal "flower bed" at Powell Gardens, a unique Midwestern botanical garden that offers much to explore and discover.

Link: http://powellgardens.org/

Link: http://powellgardens.org/Explore

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Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood

Flowerbed

Bed of Flowers

A plot of ground in which plants are growing
A bed in which flowers are growing

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FLOWER BED. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood

"Why does the past look so enticing to us?

For the same reason why from a distance

a meadow with flowers looks like a

flower bed."

Franz Grillparzer

1791-1872

Austrian Poet

Schooled at Home and At the Gymnasium.

Entered the University to Study Law and Philosophy but Preferred Literature and Music

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FLOWER BED. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood

Marigolds are easy to grow annuals, and are available in a variety of colors: white, yellow, orange, red and mixed colors.

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Marigolds bloom from mid-summer all the way until frost. They can be used for indoor arrangements, but give off a pungent odor that is sometimes too strong indoors.

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Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood

Insects largely avoid Marigolds.

Insects do not like it's pungent odor.

This is why Marigolds make good companion plants.

You can even make an insect repellent spray from these plants.

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Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood

Organic Insect Repellents,

and Organic Disease Control Spray Recipes

CLICK on the link or COPY & PASTE the link in your browser:

http://www.gardenersnet.com/spray.htm

The common name in English, "marigold", is derived from "Mary's gold", a name first applied to a similar plant native to Europe, Calendula officinalis.