Mango Tango French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Mango Tango'
AAS Winner 2025
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Sizeup to 12 inches tallup to 12 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
'Mango Tango' French marigold (Tagetes patula 'Mango Tango') 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 about 12 inches tall and wide. The flowers are fragrant and attract butterflies and hummingbirds. It sits low on the menu for deer.
Pairs well with Mealycup sage, Cosmos, Cornflower, and Creeping thyme.