Marigold Gigantea Sunset Giants (Bodger) 
A PROMINENT horticulturist has said that a flower to be desirable in the 
home garden must have one or more of three outstanding characteristics: 
it must be very showy, or fragrant, or of exceptional size. Marigold Sunset 
Giants has the happy combination of all three of these characteristics. Not 
only are the flowers the largest ever known in the Marigold group, averaging 
5 inches and some flowers attaining a size of 7 1 /% inches, but they are produced 
in such profusion that a plant of Sunset Giants is one of the showiest spots in 
any garden. But most remarkable, instead of the usual Marigold odor these 
flowers have a definitely sweet fragrance, a fact which will undoubtedly place 
them among the outstanding novelties of the 1937 season. The flowers are 
loosely formed, very full centered, with broad, heavy petals gracefully over¬ 
lapping to make a flower of great depth and even larger than Dahlia Flowered 
Zinnias. Sunset Giants is a mixture ranging from deep orange through golden 
orange, deep golden yellow, light yellow, lemon yellow, and a delightful new 
shade of primrose. The strain comes from 60 to 65 per cent double. 
The plant type is a new departure in Marigolds, extremely strong growing, 
producing a heavy growth of foliage with six to eight heavy branches, each 
bearing three to six large flowers. While the growth is heavy, still the strain 
blooms well before frost in any climate, from July 15 to 20 on our ranches, 
and in the South is in full flower before the middle of June. The plants are 
usually from 3V2 to 4 feet high, but under extremely favorable conditions have 
been known to grow as much as 7 feet. We are confident that Sunset Giants 
will take its place in the front rank of the group of half-hardy annuals suitable 
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