Red Cherry French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Red Cherry'
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
'Red Cherry' French marigold (Tagetes patula 'Red Cherry') is an annual for borders, containers, and accents. 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 low, clumping mound with fragrant blooms in brown, copper, yellow, orange, and red. Butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds visit the flowers. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal.
Pairs well with Globe amaranth, Double Click Snow Puff cosmos, and Red fescue.