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Court Jester French Marigold

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Item: 5226-A
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Item: 5226-B
$8.95
Item: 5226-C
Tagetes patula
(100 days) Open pollinated.

Annual. It’s worth juggling garden space to make room for this jester, whose bright stripes of burgundy and yellow will keep you entertained into the fall. Many small single striped flowers dance atop a 20" tall plant and make alluring additions to bouquets as well. Don’t be fooled by look-alikes—this was the winner in the court of opinion. ~360 seeds/g.

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Quick Details
Hybrid Status
open pollinated
Days to Maturity
100 days
Lifecycle
annual
Bloom Color
burgundy-striped yellow
Compare
Compare with other French Marigold
Variety Product Type Hybrid Status Days to Maturity Lifecycle Bloom Color
Bambino seeds open pollinated annual dark and light orange
Brocade Mix seeds open pollinated annual multi-colored
Court Jester seeds open pollinated 100 days annual burgundy-striped yellow
Lemondrop seeds open pollinated annual yellow
Queen Sophia seeds open pollinated 60 days annual deep rusty orange
Sparky Mix seeds open pollinated annual multi-colored
Sparky Mix
Organic 		seeds open pollinated annual multi-colored
Additional Information

French Marigold

Small bushy plants with flowers approximately 2" across in a wide range of colors including yellows, oranges, rich reds, mahogany and bicolors. Bloom styles, depending on the cultivar, can be single, crested, semi-double or fully double. Outstanding edging plants bloom early summer till frost and stand well in all weather.

Marigold

~280 seeds/g except Signets.

Annual. “We do not consider a flower garden complete without the good old-fashioned French and African marigolds.” –Breck’s, 1885. Good for bedding, for cuts, in planters or borders. Their warm colors cheer all summer long and positively blaze in the light of early autumn. Native to the Americas and said to have been sacred to the Aztecs; still play a vital role in celebrations of Día de los Muertos. In 1939 Burpee’s Red and Gold hybrid was the first hybrid flower from seed offered commercially in the United States.

Culture: Fast and easy to grow from seed. Sow after soil has warmed, or inside in a warm (75–80°) spot, 3 weeks before setting out after danger of frost. Likes heat and full sun. Tolerant to drought.

Flowers

All flower seeds are open-pollinated except where noted.

Days in parentheses after a variety indicate days to first bloom.

Saving Flower Seeds Is Easy!

Almost all the flowers we list are open- pollinated and easy to save seed from. Some types cross readily, but who cares! Save the seeds, plant them, and be surprised.

These flowers are especially easy to save seed from: bachelor’s buttons, calendula, cerinthe, cosmos, love-in-a- mist (nigella), nasturtium, poppy, strawflower, sunflower, sweet pea and tithonia.

Learn more about seed saving.

Germination Testing

For the latest results of our germination tests, please see the germination page.

Our Seeds are Non-GMO

Non GMO

All of our seeds are non-GMO, and free of neonicotinoids and fungicides. Fedco is one of the original companies to sign the Safe Seed Pledge.

Shipping

From early May through mid-December, items shipping from our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.