Common name: Marsh Marigold
Family: Ranunculaceae, Buttercup
Height x width: 12-18" x 12-18"
Growth rate: moderate
Foliage: rounded reniform (kidney-shaped), dark green 3-4" wide, hollow stems mostly arising from the base
Flowers: yellow or golden to 2" wide, 5 sepals with no petals, on long peduncles above the foliage in spring
Hardiness: zones 3-9
Soil: moist, prefers wet
Light: sun or part shade
Pests and Problems: none serious
Landscape habit, uses: water gardens, ponds, streams, wet boggy areas, most effective in masses or groups, naturalistic plantings, historic plantings being used by early U.S. settlers
Other interest: native to Europe and N. America; genus name is ancient name from that applied to a yellow flower by Pliny and Virgil
Other culture: low maintenance
Propagation: spring division
Cultivars:
'Alba'--single white flowers
'Flore Plena' ('Multiplex')--double
'Tyermannii'--dwarf, dark stems, clear yellow flowers
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