USDA Certified Organic. [Found outside an old Muslim school in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1992. A favorite of flower seed collector, Bob Bell. Introduced 1999 by SESE.] 12-16" tall plants with a sweet marigold fragrance. Lacks the common astringent odor of other marigolds. The plants are so fragrant they sweeten the air on a hot summer day. Bears numerous 1-1/2 to 2" single petalled flowers that have yellow centers and velvet mahogany petals with a fine orange border. Petals change from mahogany-red to orange-red as they mature. This is the finest marigold that we have grown. (0.5g, 148 seeds)