SAMTENES LITTLE HERO, 30s
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SAMTENES LITTLE HERO, 30s
€0,65
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Marigolds are small, exquisitely elegant, and unusually abundant flowering plants that delight gardeners, balcony owners, and flowerbed enthusiasts with their structured foliage, delicate appearance, and continuous bloom. The low-growing French marigold "Little Hero" from the leading professional horticultural brand Agrimatco is a top-tier variety that brings a sophisticated, warm, and vibrant orange-yellow cascade of color to the garden throughout the summer and autumn. This excellent professional variety boasts a distinctly compact, sturdy growth habit and large, densely packed flower heads that shimmer in a contrasting orange-yellow bicolour tone. By nature, this is an unusually reliable, hardy, and fast-growing annual summer flower that adds impeccable structure to the garden and acts as an excellent soil protector. Agrimatco's carefully prepared 30-seed packet guarantees maximum germination and high varietal uniformity, providing the opportunity to grow this generous and compact queen of balconies and flowerbeds yourself.
🌱 Suitable for:
- Balcony boxes, flower pots, and containers: Thanks to its distinctly compact and low growth, it is a perfect choice for confined spaces, container planting on terraces, loggias, or windowsills.
- Front of flowerbeds, borders, and patterns: The plants naturally maintain a low and bushy form, making them a flawless accent of color and a living border along pathways or at the front of large flowerbeds.
- Natural garden protection in the vegetable garden: These marigolds are an excellent companion plant for vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers), as the substances released by their roots naturally clean the soil of pests (nematodes) and repel unwanted insects.
✨ Key advantages:
- Exceptional "Little Hero" elite dwarf form: This professional variety is genetically designed to naturally maintain a low and dome-shaped shrub structure without tending to stretch even on hot summer days.
- Large, densely packed, and bicolour flower heads: The flowers boast a large diameter and dense filling, which is resistant to rain, and a warm orange-yellow hue that adds visual depth to the garden.
- Continuous and earlier flowering: The plant starts flowering significantly earlier than standard varieties and persistently continues to produce new blooms until the first strong autumn frosts.
- Highest professional seed germination: The 30 calibrated seed packet stands out with maximum germination capacity and energy, ensuring strong, healthy, and completely uniform seedling development.
🧪 Technical data and parameters:
- Product type: Professional annual flower seeds.
- Brand: Agrimatco.
- Variety/Species: Low-growing French marigold / Tagetes patula "Little Hero".
- Color: Bicolour – orange-yellow.
- Flower shape: Fully double, large flower heads.
- Package contents: 30 seeds.
- Plant size: Very compact bushes, reaching only about 15–20 cm in height.
⚙️ Growing instructions and recommendations:
- Sowing and seedling cultivation: For earlier flowering, seeds should be sown in early spring – March or April – in seed trays, modules, or pots indoors on a moist peat base. Sow seeds shallowly (about 0.5 cm deep), press lightly, and water carefully. Professional seeds germinate quickly and uniformly, usually sprouting within 5–7 days at plus 18 to plus 22 degrees Celsius.
- Planting out and spacing: Young seedlings are planted outdoors or in balcony boxes in the second half of May, once all spring night frosts have passed. It is recommended to maintain a distance of approximately 20x20 cm between plants to create a completely dense and flowering carpet.
- Site and soil selection: Marigolds prefer an open, maximally sunny, and warm location, but they will also grow successfully in light partial shade. Almost any garden soil is suitable for the plant, but the best results will be achieved in fertile, moderately moist, and well-drained soil.
- Care and the most important rule: Although the plants are very undemanding and resistant to short-term drought, regular watering in containers will ensure more magnificent flowers. Timely removal of old, spent flower heads will stimulate the formation of new buds and significantly extend the overall splendor in the garden or on the balcony.
📦 Storage:
Until sowing, store seeds in a dry, cool, and dark place, in the original and tightly sealed Agrimatco packaging. Protect from moisture and direct sunlight.
Until sowing, store seeds in a dry, cool, and dark place, in the original and tightly sealed Agrimatco packaging. Protect from moisture and direct sunlight.