Re: Calendula common names
- Subject: Re: Calendula common names
- From: Julius & Beverly Elischer (by way of DianeWhitehead)
- Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 20:09:56 -0700
Yes, we always knew Calendula as "marigold"; I remember when my mother
started growing the other kind - but as I recollect they were sold as
"African marigolds"! (Anyone seen the film "Monsoon Wedding"? It is full
of marigolds which appeared to me to be the Maxican(?) type - but they
were constantly being eaten .. can these be eaten too?)
Beverly
Diane Whitehead wrote:
>
> We have always called it just "marigold", and I suspect, though I've
> never seen it written anywhere, that that is what it was called in
> Europe until Tagetes arrived from Mexico.
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Julius and Beverly Elischer
Nedlands, Western Australia
Ph. +61 8 9386 5244
