When to plant french marigold in Mount Buller
- Move seedlings out: late Jan to late JanMount Buller area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in the ground: late Jan to late JanMount Buller area, temperate oceanic
- Plant seedlings: late Jan to late JanMount Buller area, temperate oceanic
- Sow in trays: mid Dec to late DecMount Buller area, temperate oceanic
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Mount Buller. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
The classic companion flower for the veggie patch. Bright, compact and easy, it flowers all summer and draws in hoverflies, whose larvae eat aphids. Tuck it beside tomatoes, capsicum and zucchini, and along bed edges.