Description
AAS WINNER DETAILS
Winner Type: National
Class: Marigold
Variety Name: Big Duck Gold F1
Genus: Tagetes
Species: erecta
Year: 2019
Common Name: Marigold
Type: Flowers from Seed
Breeder: AmeriSeed International Co.,Ltd.
Close Market Comparison: Taishan Gold, Antigua Gold, Dune Gold
PLANT NEEDS
Duration Type: Annual
Light Needs: Full sun
Water Needs: Dry to normal
Dead Heading Recommended: No
Staking Required: No
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Foliage Color: Dark green
Plant Habit: Bushy
Plant Height: 11-15 inches
Bloom Time: Summer to frost
Bloom Color: Gold
Bloom Color Pattern: Solid
Bloom Size: 3 inches
IN THE GARDEN
Container: Yes
Weather Tolerance: Heat, rain
Garden Spacing: 16-18 inches
Medium Height Divider: Yes
JUDGE'S OBSERVATIONS
- “In the garden, this entry outshined all three of its competitors and I feel it should be an award winner.”
- “At the end of the season, the entry is the only one standing! The comparisons have all flowered out, or died!”
- “Entry plants were still producing an excellent display of flowers long after the comparisons were showing reduced flower production and more spent blooms.”
- “Entry is taller than the more compact comparisons, has a large flower head and outlived all the comparisons.”
- “At the end of the season, most of the comparisons died but the entry is still doing great overall, is much taller and fuller, with more/bigger flowers.”
AAS Winners
Melinda Myers –
Here is a great review of Marigold Big Duck Gold https://www.melindamyers.com/audio-video/melindas-garden-moment-audio-tips/flowers-ornamental-grasses/low-maintenance-budget-wise-marigolds
peter prosser –
I grew these last year as a garden border with yellow and orange alternating colors, starting them from seeds. I had grown them previous to that in full sun and they were so big they needed staking, but where I put them last year had partial shade so they grew to about 75 percent size, still pretty big and lasted way into the patchy frost in the fall. No mistaking that marigold smell ,from these ducks!