Dwarf Marigold

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Cheerful flowers add vibrant color to the flower garden, containers, or the vegetable garden where the fragrance can deter pests. Very attractive in combination with blue-spiked flowers. Fast-growing and compact. Prefers well-drained soil.

Companion Plants

Zonal Geranium

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Zonal Geranium

Exceptionally large, long-lasting flowers on durable plants. Vibrant blossoms provide a season-long display of color and attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Lovely in mixed garden plantings and containers. Grown from cuttings, not seed.

Dusty Miller

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Dusty Miller

Wonderful for providing color contrast to the landscape. Intricate, silvery gray leaves are finely textured. Striking planted with red flowers, in large groups or added to combination pots.

Celosia

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Celosia

Large flowers on easy-to-grow plants. Wonderful contrast between bold foliage and feathery or crested flowers. Well-suited for garden's edge or in combination plantings with sweet potato vine, spikes and trailing geranium. Unique addition to fresh or dried floral arrangements.

Details

Common name

Dwarf Marigold

Botanical name

Tagetes patula

Variety

Bonanza Flame

Zone

Grow as an annual.

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Bloom color

Orange

Bloom time

summer-fall

Light

sun

Height

10-12" (25-31 cm)

Habit

upright

Water

2-3 times per week

Feed

use all-purpose

Maintenance

keep weed-free