Organic 'French Sparkly' marigold

$4.49

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Organic 'French Sparkly' marigold is a vibrant annual flower that brings a bright, warm, and extraordinarily useful presence to the garden. With its golden-yellow flowers often shaded with orange or red at the heart, it enlivens flowerbeds, borders, and vegetable gardens with a joyful glow from early summer until the first frosts. Highly valued as a garden friend, it attracts pollinators and many beneficial insects while helping to repel certain pests and disrupt soil nematodes. Its finely cut foliage adds a beautiful texture, and its characteristic scent contributes to its role in balancing the nourishing garden. Easy to grow, it grows quickly in full sun in ordinary well-drained soil, and is generous even for beginner gardeners. In pots as well as in the ground, it wonderfully accompanies tomatoes and many vegetables, creating a vegetable garden that is as productive as it is ornamental. Seeing its flowers sway among the crops immediately gives the garden a livelier, more colorful, and more welcoming look. Both decorative, melliferous, and valuable for the ecosystem, this marigold fully deserves its place in any organic garden.

Growing conditions

Watering
Moderate
Exposure
Sun
Germination temperature
20 to 24 °C (68 to 75 °F)
Germination (days)
5 to 10 days

Growth & dimensions

Spread
20 to 30 cm (8 to 12 in)
Height
20 to 30 cm (8 to 12 in)
Sowing depth
0.5 cm (1/4 in)

Flowering & harvest

Flowering
June to October
Sowing period
April to June
Harvest
June to October
Use
Edging, companion planting, beds, pots, pollinators
Companion plants
Tomato, garden vegetables
Incompatible plants
Bean, cabbage