Companion FlowersAsteraceae
Marigolds.
Pollinator magnetDeer-resistant
At a glance
The spec sheet.
- Indoor start
- Optional
- Direct sow / out
- May 15
- Germ
- 5–10 days
- Days to harvest
- 50–60 to bloom
- Spacing
- 8"
- Depth
- ¼"
- Square-foot
- 4 per square
- Qty target
- Plant 4–6 in every vegetable bed as living pest management.
Plant
Direct sow or transplant. Scatter throughout vegetable beds — do NOT confine to one flower area.
Care
Deadhead for continuous bloom. Full sun. Almost indestructible.
Harvest
Save seed heads at end of season for next year.
Dried heads for seed saving.
Companion planting
What marigolds likes, and doesn’t.
Good neighbors
- Every vegetable bed — plant liberally
- Tomatoes
- Brassicas
- Beans
- Nothing significant
French marigolds (Tagetes patula) repel whitefly, Mexican bean beetle, and root-knot nematodes. Plant them at bed corners as guardians.
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