Fireball French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Fireball'
RHS AGM 2017
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Sizeup to 12 inches tall6 to 18 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Brown/copper, yellow, orange, red, variegated
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Fireball' French marigold (Tagetes patula 'Fireball') is an annual for borders, containers, and cut flowers. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It forms a clumping mound up to 12 inches tall and has fragrant blooms. The flowers attract butterflies, hummingbirds, and birds. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. It also tolerates drought.
Pairs well with Globe amaranth, Double Click Snow Puff cosmos, and Red fescue.