French Marigold
Tagetes patula
About this plant
The summer half of a bedding rotation - orange and yellow, tough, cheap to replant at scale, and unbothered by heat. Widely used on municipal roundabouts and school grounds.
Planting & care
Full sun, ordinary soil, moderate water. Plant at 20 cm centres. Deadhead or shear over once mid-season to keep it flowering.
Suitable for
- Category
- Flowers
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Position
- Outdoor
- Mature height
- 0.2-0.5 m
- Mature spread
- 0.2-0.4 m
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Water requirement
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Flowering season
- May - October
- Climate
- Warm-season bedding; flowers right through the summer heat.
- Availability
- Seasonal
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