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French Marigold
Tagetes patula
French Marigold is a medium-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 2-11, that matures to about 0.5-1 ft × 0.5-0.8 ft. It does best in full sun with medium water needs in well-drained and occasionally-dry soil. Expect brown, yellow and orange blooms in summer. It attracts butterflies, stands up well to deer, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 2-11
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 0.5-1 ft × 0.5-0.8 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Occasionally-dry
- Bloom color
- Brown, Yellow, Orange, Red, Variegated
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Attracts
- Butterflies
- Tough against
- Deer
- Toxic to
- People
- Native to
- Mexico, Guatemala
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