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French Marigold

Tagetes patula

  • Feeds pollinators
  • Edible
French Marigold (Tagetes patula)

Photo: Jim Evans · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Bloom colours

gold, rust, orange

What actually matters with this one

Plant it among tomatoes. The scent genuinely confuses whitefly, and hoverflies come for the flowers.

How to grow it

Light
full sun
Water
Even moisture
Hardiness
Annual
Height
30 cm
Flowers
June to October
Difficulty
easy

Plant it alongside

Relatives and plants that want the same conditions.