French Cottage Red Marigold - Seeds
Latin name: Tagetes erecta
The French Cottage Red Marigold is a magnificent annual plant with edible flowers which also makes beautiful cut flowers. It is an ideal companion plant in the garden because it repels many unwanted insects. Planted here and there between tomato and vegetable plants, it keeps nematodes away from their roots and fills the air with an intense fragrance each time you pass by. The flowering period stretches late in the fall, until the arrival of severe frosts.
±50 seeds
Sow: For flowering as soon as transplanted, sow seeds indoors 6-4 weeks before planting out. You can also sow them directly outdoors in late May, but the flowering period will be shorter.
Seed depth: 3 mm
Germination time: 7-14 days at 8-20°C
Location: Full sun to partial shade
Distance between plants: 50-100 cm depending on the desired effect
Flowering: Late in the fall, until the arrival of severe frosts
Height at maturity: 75 cm
