French Marigold
Harlequin Marigold is a vibrant French marigold cultivar that brings bold color and reliable performance to gardens across zones 2 through 11. This heirloom variety reaches a compact 36 inches tall with a spreading 18 to 24 inches wide, making it equally at home in borders, containers, or mass plantings. From seed to first bloom takes just 56 to 70 days, rewarding patient gardeners with months of continuous flowers from summer through fall. Its heat and drought tolerance, combined with genuine deer resistance, means Harlequin thrives even in challenging conditions where other ornamentals falter.
Full Sun
Moderate
2-11
36in H x 24in W
Annual
High
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Harlequin delivers reliable, continuous bloom from June through November across most of North America. The compact, bushy habit produces abundant flowers without constant deadheading, while its genuine drought tolerance means you can plant it and largely forget it once established. Pollinators flock to it, transforming your garden into a living ecosystem while the deer simply pass by.
Harlequin Marigold serves as a landscape workhorse, adding season-long color to flower beds, borders, and container displays. Its compact height and spreading habit make it valuable for edging, mass plantings, and pollinator gardens where continuous bloom is desired from early summer through the first hard frost.
Start seeds indoors 6 to 8 weeks before your last spring frost. Sow seeds thinly and maintain temperatures between 65 and 75°F for optimal germination.
Transplant seedlings outdoors after the last spring frost date when soil has warmed sufficiently for this frost-tender annual.
Direct sow seeds at your last spring frost date for later summer blooms.
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