Marigold French Favourite Blend
Tagetes patula nana
Annual. This award-winning variety from Europe features large flowers with a single row of petals in bright sunny colors surrounding a yellow or orange button center. Butterflies prefer this type of marigold over the full-flowered, double marigolds because it’s easier to reach the nectar. Plants grow and flower quickly with continuous blooms from spring until frost. Deer resistant.
Full sun. Blooms spring to fall frost.
Height: 10" - 12" tall
Days to Emerge: 5 - 7 Days
Seed Depth: ¼"
Seed Spacing: A group of 4 seeds every 6" - 8"
Thinning: When 1" tallthin to 1 every 6" - 8"
When to sow outside: 1 to 2 weeks after average last frost.
When to start inside: 4 to 6 weeks before average last frost.
Artist: Laurie Peters