Nope.
You’ll find them in the bottom rack of the shopping cart almost as if their
purchaser is embarrassed to be seen with them. Rarely are they at the checkout
alone, but hidden among the prized flowers like Waves, Begonias, or Snaps. If
they are a lone purchase is was because they were forgotten on the first trip;
and with great disgust they are muscled into the cart, reluctantly paid for,
and hurried out to the car; and probably yelled at all the way home for not
speaking up when the first flower run was made.
Oh the
Marigold, one of the oldest annuals out there, but it has a very colorful
history.
In 1552 it
is recorded in the De La Crus-Badiano Aztec Herbal catalog, the Marigold was
used for treatment of hiccups, being struck by lightning, or "for one who
wishes to cross a river or water safely". The flower is gaining a little
more interest now isn’t it?
Evidently,
the hiccup cure-all didn’t pan out as hoped, and the lighting thing… I guess
they thought staying out of the rain was a better idea; and having marigolds on
board ship was just a nice flowery touch when there was a burial at sea. I suppose
at that point the marigold was then dumped in the laboratory rolly cart and set
by the curb; where it was picked up by someone like me and planted in a garden
bed, and the rest is history.
One more
thing. People say planting Marigolds keep bunnies out of the garden; I thought
this to be true until I saw a bunny eating my Marigolds.
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