- Name: French Marigold Sparky - Other Common Names: Pot Marigold - Scientific Name: Tagetes Patula - Color: A Mix Of Red, Yellow, Orange, & Bicolor Flowers - Plant Seeds: Outdoors After Frost / Indoors Weeks Before Last Frost - Bloom Time: All Summer - Hardiness Zone: N/A (But Reseeds Itself Easily, So It Acts Like A Perennial In All Zones) - Plant Height: 12 - 18" - Plant Spacing: 6 - 9" - Light Requirements: Sun - Shade - Soil & Water Preferences: Average - Dry - Quantity: 400 Seeds - Other: Marigolds Make An Excellent Cut Flower, And Attracts Bees, Butterflies, And Birds. They Also Keep Garden Pests Away, So It Is Not Uncommon To Find Them Planted Around Vegetable Gardens. They Do, However, Attract The Good Stuff Such As Bees & Butterflies. Marigolds Can Easily Be Grown In Containers, Earning The Their Nickname Of ‘Pot Marigold’.