French marigold
Tagetes patula
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size6 to 12 inches tall6 to 18 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Yellow, orange, red and bicolor
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
French marigold (Tagetes patula) is an annual for borders, containers, and annual beds. It cannot take cold, and a freeze will end its season. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer rarely make it their first choice. It forms a clumping mound of green leaves with yellow, orange, red, and bicolor blooms. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds visit the flowers.
Pairs well with Supertunia Vista Bubblegum petunia, Celosia, and Red fescue.