Pinwheel Marigold

Marigold 'Pinwheel' (Tagetes patula 'Pinwheel') is a fragrant, vibrant, and cheerfully bold marigold that brings a tower of vivid red and yellow bicolor flowers to the warm-season garden with a prolific, heat-defying performance that captures everything gardeners have loved about marigolds for centuries — rich, saturated color, powerful fragrance, generous bloom production, and a reliable, self-sufficient character that rewards with maximum display for minimum effort. The striking bicolor flowers in rich red and vivid yellow create a warm, high-contrast palette of cheerful, celebratory energy that brightens borders, containers, and vegetable garden edges with effortless, classic marigold abundance throughout the full warm growing season. Grown through certified organic practices, 'Pinwheel' brings both ornamental beauty and genuine ecological integrity to every garden space it occupies.

This professional-grade 4" organic plant arrives with a healthy, well-established root system cultivated through certified organic practices — ready to establish quickly and begin its generous, fragrant bloom display. 'Pinwheel' excels in mixed annual borders, patio containers, vegetable garden companion plantings, and edging arrangements where its rich red-and-yellow bicolor flowers, powerful marigold fragrance, and prolific, heat-resilient blooming habit deliver season-long color and genuine pest-deterring value throughout the warm growing season.

• Vivid Red & Yellow Bicolor Fragrant Flowers: Rich, saturated red and vivid yellow bicolor blooms bring a warm, cheerful, high-contrast color energy to borders, containers, and vegetable garden edges — the classic marigold bicolor palette here delivered in a fragrant tower form that maximizes visual impact and ornamental presence throughout the season.
• Powerful Classic Marigold Fragrance: The beloved, pungent marigold scent is released abundantly by both foliage and flowers throughout the growing season — a fragrance that enriches the sensory garden experience while naturally deterring aphids, whiteflies, and other common garden pests from surrounding plants.
• Certified Organic Growing Practices: Grown from the start through certified organic practices — a commitment to ecological integrity that makes 'Pinwheel' a responsible, planet-conscious choice for the ornamental and edible garden alike, supporting healthy soil, beneficial insects, and a cleaner growing environment.
• Natural Companion Planting Ally: The strong marigold fragrance and root exudates naturally deter nematodes, aphids, and whiteflies — making 'Pinwheel' one of the most practically valuable companion planting flowers for vegetable gardens, edible borders, and mixed ornamental beds where natural pest management is a priority.
• Prolific Heat-Tolerant Long-Season Bloom: Flowers continuously and abundantly from planting through the first frost in the full heat of summer — one of the most reliably prolific, heat-resilient, and low-maintenance warm-season flowering annuals available for any sunny garden position.

These 4" organic plants thrive in full sun (6–8 hours daily) with well-drained, average to fertile soil and moderate moisture. Water regularly during establishment; deadhead spent blooms regularly to encourage the most prolific and sustained flowering display through the season. Grow as a warm-season annual; frost-sensitive. Transplant outdoors after the last frost date when soil has warmed. Mature height: 12–18 inches; spread: 10–14 inches. Bloom time: late spring through first frost.