Description
The cutest little french marigold on Earth! Bouncy mounds of rich red flowers with orange centres. Looks amazing in the brassica patch as an underplanting for your cabbages, sprouts and kales. Combine with electric purple 'Kalibos' cabbage for an arresting display, fit for any potager. One of the few flowers we sell which aren't great for cutting but we include it because the its such a lovely addition to a vegetable patch! The foliage smells amazing and flowers are edible.
Sow: Mar-April undercover, May-June outside.
Plant: 4-6 weeks after sowing at 20cm. Wait until risk of frost has passed.
Harvest: Open flowers for salad garnishes
Tagetes tenuifolia
Germ: 95% Jan 26
