SEED TYPE : Open Pollinated, Heirloom

PLANT TYPE : Annual, Bushy

FLOWER COLOR :  Yellow

SOWING TIME : All Season Crop

SOWING METHOD : Directly from seed / Transplanting

GERMINATION TIME : 6 – 10 Days

GROWING CONTAINER : 12 inch height pot / Garden bed.

GROWING MEDIA : 2 part  Garden soil 1 part Cocopeat 1 part Vermicompost.

FLOWERING : 60 – 75 Days after sowing.

DESCRIPTION :

French marigold is the early and continuous frilly two inch blooms of mahogany red with golden centered blossoms. One of the hallmarks of the French marigolds is the double, daisy or carnation-like flower heads that usually grow in clusters. They are commonly planted in butterfly gardens as a nectar or energy source for the butterflies.

French Marigold with medium sized flowers with wavy petals. Flowers are a mix of gold, orange, red, yellow or bi-colored. Plants grow to 14 inches tall and are long-blooming. Recommended for containers, beds & borders, and the pollinator garden. Also useful for control of insect pests in the vegetable garden.

Growing 8–12″ they are just the right height for edging flowerbeds and borders with a chic, neat, little growth habit and elegant dark green foliage. Extremely easy to grow and brightens the garden all summer long. Blooms early summer to frost, even in harsh Northern climates. This is the beautiful and beneficial marigold that repels insects and nematodes, so plant it liberally throughout the garden.

French Marigold is a Small bushy plants with flowers approximately 2″ across in a wide range of colors including yellows, oranges, rich reds, mahogany and bicolors. Bloom styles, depending on the cultivar, can be single, crested, semi-double or fully double. Outstanding edging plants bloom early summer till frost and stand well in all weather.