The "Marietta" Mexican marigold (Tagetes patula) is a variety that produces edible flowers. This beautiful, colourful, undemanding annual plant will not only decorate your flower beds, but will also add a sophisticated taste to your salads and will decorate every dish. The proposed variety grows up to 20-30 cm tall and has a broadly spreading, tuft habit. Red "Marietta" Mexican marigold produces flowers from June until first October frosts. The inflorescences are single, flat, yet eye-catching thanks to the contrasting colours of the petals: the centres are red-brown and the edges are lemon yellow.

Seeds of this easy-to-grow plant are sown in early spring to containers or in mid-May directly onto borders. Mexican marigolds develop vigorously on various soil types and love sites fully exposed to sunlight. These resistant, vigorous flowering plants are excellent choice for rock gardens, flower beds, borders and containers kept outside.

• Weight: 1 g
• Height: 20 - 30 cm
• Use: Ornamental - flower beds, borders, rock gardens, containers; edible flowers
• Flowering period: June - October
• Growth form: broad tufts
• Flower colour: Lemon-yellow with red-brown centres
• Vegetation form: annual
• Flower type: single, flat
• Site: sunny