🌼 French Marigold 'Marietta' (Tagetes patula) – 50 Seeds | Cheerful Dwarf Blooms, Pest-Repellent, Easy to Grow!

🌞 Bright & Beneficial! Add a splash of sunshine to your garden with French Marigold 'Marietta' (Tagetes patula). These compact, free-flowering plants produce abundant golden-yellow blooms with striking red centers all summer long. Perfect for borders, containers, and companion planting, these marigolds repel pests while attracting pollinators.

Key Features & Benefits:

✔ Long-Lasting Color – Blooms from early summer until frost
✔ Natural Pest Control – Deters nematodes, whiteflies & other garden pests
✔ Pollinator-Friendly – Attracts bees & butterflies
✔ Compact Growth – Ideal for edges, pots & small spaces (8-12" tall)
✔ Low Maintenance – Thrives in heat & poor soils

Growing Guide:

🌱 Sowing Time:

• Direct sow after last frost when soil is warm

• Start indoors 4-6 weeks before last frost for earlier blooms

☀️ Sun Requirements: Full sun (6+ hours daily)

💧 Watering: Moderate – allow soil to dry between waterings

🌱 Soil Type: Adaptable to most soils (prefers well-draining, pH 6.0-7.5)

✂️ Maintenance: Deadhead to prolong blooming; pinch young plants for bushiness

🌸 Flower Size: 2" diameter blooms on compact plants

Each packet contains 1 g of seeds which is about 50 seeds.