When to plant french marigold in Telfer
- Plant seedlings: late Jan to mid AprTelfer area, hot desert
- Move seedlings out: late Jan to mid AprTelfer area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: early Apr to mid AprTelfer area, hot desert
- Sow in trays: early Jul to late SepTelfer area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: early Aug to mid OctTelfer area, hot desert
- Move seedlings out: early Aug to late OctTelfer area, hot desert
- Plant seedlings: early Aug to late OctTelfer area, hot desert
- Sow in trays: mid Dec to mid MarTelfer area, hot desert
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Telfer. 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.