French Marigold

Just as you'd expect from something called French, these marigolds are the fancy ones. French marigolds tend to be frilly and some boast a distinctive "crested eye." They grow roughly 8-12 inches high with a chic, neat, little growth habit and elegant dark green foliage.

They do best in full sun with moist, well-drained soil and will flower all summer long. They may reseed, coming back year after year, in spots where they're happy.

Light:

Sun

Plant Type:

Annual

Plant Height:

8-12 inches tall

Plant Width:

6-8 inches wide

Landscape Uses:

Containers, Beds & Borders

Special Features:

Flowers, Fragrant, Dried Flowers, Drought Tolerant, Deer Resistant, Easy to Grow

Top Varieties

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Disco Queen marigold

(Tagetes patula 'Disco Queen') bears orange-red flowers ringed in yellow on long-blooming plants that grow 1 foot tall and wide.
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Durango Red marigold

(Tagetes patula 'Durango Red') produces orange-red flowers all summer long on plants that grow 1 foot tall and wide.
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Little Devil Fire marigold

(Tagetes patula 'Little Devil Fire') bears double red-and-yellow flowers on compact plants that grow only 8 inches tall and wide.
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Striped Marvel marigold

(Tagetes patula 'Striped Marvel') offers bold burgundy-and-gold striped blossoms on 2-foot mounded plants.
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Yellow Gate marigold

(Tagetes patula 'Yellow Gate') bears 3-inch-wide blooms atop rounded, 10- to 12-inch-tall plants.
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