Annual. Award-winning anemone-flowered dwarf. Each plant produces many bicolored double blooms. Flowers are deep rusty orange and, as they mature, petals are edged with gold. Named for Queen Sofia of Spain. 1979 AAS, later voted second most-popular AAS flower. 10–12".
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| Variety | Product Type | Hybrid Status | Days to Maturity | Lifecycle | Bloom Color |
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| 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 | |
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Sparky Mix Organic |
seeds | open pollinated | annual | multi-colored |
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.
~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.
All flower seeds are open-pollinated except where noted.
Days in parentheses after a variety indicate days to first bloom.
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.
For the latest results of our germination tests, please see the germination page.
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.
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.