Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Tree Marigold - Tithonia diversifolia

This specimen can easily scale twenty feet. The blooms smell nothing
like a marigold.With an unbelievable honey fragrance that transcends
this rather unassuming looking flower. This got hit with our freezing
temperatures this past winter and yet I was surprised not to find
more seedlings.

Along with it's companion plant of a variegated bromiliad whose pot
was a refuge for this last survivor. The white variegation will help
brighten up this patch of garden before it becomes overshadowed
by this gargantuan tree, relatively speaking of course.

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