Hot Pak Spry French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Hot Pak Spry'
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
- Brown/copper, yellow, orange, red, variegated
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Hot Pak Spry' French marigold (Tagetes patula 'Hot Pak Spry') 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 6 to 12 inches tall and has fragrant blooms in brown, copper, yellow, orange, and red. Butterflies, hummingbirds, and birds visit the flowers. Deer tend to pass it by.
Pairs well with Mealycup sage, Cornflower, and Creeping thyme.