When to plant french marigold in Yorketown
- Sow in trays: mid Aug to late FebYorketown area, cool Mediterranean
- Move seedlings out: mid Sep to early AprYorketown area, cool Mediterranean
- Plant seedlings: mid Sep to early AprYorketown area, cool Mediterranean
- Sow in the ground: late Oct to early AprYorketown area, cool Mediterranean
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Yorketown. 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.