How to Make Fun Garden Shapes With Marigolds
Learn how to grow marigold plants in fun shapes with this step-by-step gardening guide.
- Excerpted from Ready, Set, Grow! by DK BooksDorling Kindersley
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DK - Ready Set Grow! © 2010 Dorling Kindersley Limited As one of the quickest- and easiest-to-grow flowers, marigolds are great for creating colorful containers. In this project, African marigolds have been grown with a smaller bedding plant, alyssum, to make a fun floral pattern. This project takes seven weeks to complete.
1. Draw a Shape in the Soil
Mark out the outline of the shape of a goldfish in a large prepared container. Use sand to "draw" the shape on moist soil.
Enlarge Photo+Shrink Photo-DK - Ready Set Grow! © 2010 Dorling Kindersley Limited2. Plant the Marigold Seeds
Sow the marigold seeds 2 inches (5 cm) apart within the fish shape. Cover the seeds lightly with soil by gently patting a strainer full of soil over them.
Enlarge Photo+Shrink Photo-DK - Ready Set Grow! © 2010 Dorling Kindersley Limited3. Plant the Alyssum Seeds
Sprinkle the alyssum seeds outside the fish shape. Gently rake them into the soil. Water gently so as not to disturb the shape made by the seeds.
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