When to plant french marigold in Mueller Ranges
- Move seedlings out: all yearMueller Ranges area, hot semi-arid
- Sow in trays: all yearMueller Ranges area, hot semi-arid
- Plant seedlings: all yearMueller Ranges area, hot semi-arid
- Sow in the ground: mid Apr to late SepMueller Ranges area, hot semi-arid
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Mueller Ranges. 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.