When to plant french marigold in Yeppoon
- Move seedlings out: all yearYeppoon area, humid subtropical
- Sow in trays: all yearYeppoon area, humid subtropical
- Sow in the ground: all yearYeppoon area, humid subtropical
- Plant seedlings: all yearYeppoon area, humid subtropical
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Yeppoon. 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.