General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Plant Height: 12 - 18 inches
Plant Spread: 8 - 18 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Other: Coral to pink
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Houseplant
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Flowers
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Marigold
  • French Marigold
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Tagetes erecta
  • Synonym: Tagetes patula

Photo Gallery
Location: Lancaster PA
Location: Garden gate greenhouse
Date: 2022-04-29
Location: Northern New Jersey
Date: 2019-07-08
a few small pots together
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2017-04-29
First bloom
Location: Gardenfish garden 
Date: August 2020
Location: Gardenfish garden
Date: 2019-08-07
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2017-05-31
Location: My Cape Cod garden
Date: September 2022
Location: At a local nursery
Location: Stuart, OK
Date: 2017-06-24
This is what it looks like in hot weather. 90-100 degrees. The ho
Location: Stuart, OK
Date: 2017-05-31

Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Gardnerville, Nevada
Date: 2017-08-26
Jpeg
Location: Stuart, OK
Date: 2017-05-03
4 weeks from sowing.

Photo courtesy of Select Seeds
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Stuart, OK
Date: 2017-05-31

Photo courtesy of Harris Seeds
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

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