🌞 What Is A Good Temperature Range For My Desert Marigold? (2024)

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🌞 What Is A Good Temperature Range For My Desert Marigold? ›

Desert Marigold plants bask in warm environments. 65°F to 85°F is their Goldilocks zone, where they photosynthesize efficiently and produce vibrant blooms. They are resilient and can tolerate higher temperatures, but their comfort lies within this range.

Marigolds are sun worshippers, but they prefer their rays with a side of moderate warmth. The ideal temperature range for these golden beauties is 70°F to 85°F. It's the sweet spot that encourages robust growth and vibrant blooms.

Distribution: Desert marigold is found throughout the southwestern United States, and in northwestern Mexico in the Mojave, Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts.

Desert Marigolds are sun worshippers. They thrive in conditions that mirror their native arid environments. Full sun means at least 6 to 8 hours of direct sunlight daily. But there's a fine line; too much intensity, especially during peak summer heat, can stress your marigold.

Desert marigolds can be found across southern Arizona, southern Nevada and southwestern Utah, south into Sonora Mexico, and through the Chihuahuan Desert to Texas. Desert marigolds are considered perennial plants and therefore live for more than two growing seasons.

10. Marigold. Marigolds are bright and cheerful flowers that are sure to make anyone's day! These stunning blooms can be grown just about anywhere (especially hot climates) and are extremely low-maintenance.

Many newer cultivars are able to withstand hotter temperatures, but no petunias thrive in chilly temperatures. When spring temperatures dip below 40 degrees F, either cover your outdoor petunias with frost cloth or bring them indoors. Temperatures below freezing will kill them in a jiffy.

Most marigolds thrive in warm, dry conditions, but marigolds can be grown successfully anywhere outdoors as long as the temperature remains above 40°F. Most garden marigolds are annuals. And even though they are hardy, marigolds are not frost tolerant.

Bees, butterflies and other insects feed off of the desert marigold's nectar. Birds consume the small seeds during the fall season. The brilliant yellow wildflower plant is used for desert landscapes throughout the southwestern United States.

Marigolds are heat-loving plants that thrive in zones 2 to 11. They are easily grown in full sun (at least 6 hours of sunlight daily) in moderately fertile, dry to moist, well-drained soils. Some light afternoon shade prolongs their blooms in hot summer areas.

How often should I water desert marigolds? ›

Desert Marigold prefers for the soil to dry out between waterings and should be watered regularly. Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.

Marigolds are full sun plants and will take all the sunlight they can get. If your plants are getting too much shade due to location or surrounding plants or trees, this can hinder them from flowering. If your plants are receiving too much shade, move them to a sunnier location.

Once planted, marigolds grow rapidly with no fuss. Most thrive in full sun, taking hot, sunny exposures in stride. Marigolds can even handle the reflected heat and light of paved surfaces as long as they get regular moisture. However, marigolds will tolerate up to 20% shade if there is bright light the rest of the day.

Seeds will germinate in 5 to 8 days at 70-75°F. After germination, grow plants at 65-75°F during the day and 65-70°F at night.

Desert marigold grows twelve inches tall and wide with fuzzy greenish-gray leaves and a compact, mounded shape. While a short-lived plant, it beautifies the landscape by producing bright yellow, daisy-like blossoms that grow on long stems.

Growing: Baileya multiradiata prefers poor, dry soils and high heat, and does not tolerate shade. Since it prefers dry soil, do not overwater. Too much moisture and humidity will cause disease and damage. Remove faded blossoms for increased blooming; the later blossoms will be somewhat smaller.

Wait until all danger of frost has passed before planting marigold seeds or marigold seedlings directly in your garden. Set out marigolds from spring into midsummer, but start African marigold plants as soon as the soil is warm because they take a long time to flower.

When to Plant Marigolds in the Garden. In Zones 9 and 10, marigolds can easily and happily grow in the frost-free days of June through late October. In other zones, start your seeds indoors 5–6 weeks before the last frost to get them up to size. Then plant them out into your frost-free spring or summer garden.

Being a hardy annual, pot marigold (Calendula officinalis) can be sown direct into the soil outside in March, April, or May for summer flowers the same year. Alternatively, they can be sown direct into the soil outside in August or September for flowers the following year.