Tagetes patula Safari Red | French Marigold

Tagetes Safari Orange is a vigorous and exceptionally floriferous French Marigold with large, semi-double anemone-type flowers in a rich, bright orange colour.

Part of the popular Safari series, this variety combines impressive flower size with a compact, well-branched habit. Growing approximately 23 cm tall and 23 cm wide, the plants quickly develop into dense, rounded mounds covered with vivid orange flowers.

Safari Marigolds are excellent for pots, containers, flower beds, borders and mass plantings, providing reliable and vibrant colour throughout spring and summer.

Plant Information

• Botanical name: Tagetes patula
• Common name: French Marigold
• Series: Safari
• Variety: Safari Orange
• Flower colour: Bright orange
• Flower type: Large, semi-double, anemone-type flowers
• Growth habit: Compact, vigorous, bushy and well-branched
• Height: approx. 23 cm
• Width: approx. 23 cm
• Exposure: Sun–Partial shade
• Crop time: approx. 49–70 days
• Flowering type: Day neutral
• Seed form: Detailed Seed / Coated Seed
• Uses: Pots, containers, mixed containers, flower beds, borders and landscape planting

Large Anemone-Type Orange Flowers

Safari Orange stands out with its large, semi-double anemone-type flowers in a vivid orange colour.

The rich orange shade brings warmth and intensity to summer plantings, while the impressive flowers create a stronger visual impact than many traditional compact French Marigolds.

Flowers are produced abundantly above the foliage, creating a bright and densely flowering display throughout the season.

The pure orange colour is especially effective when planted in groups, creating bold blocks of colour in containers, borders and flower beds.

Compact & Vigorous Growth

Despite its impressive flowers, Safari Orange maintains a compact and manageable growth habit.

Plants reach approximately 23 cm in height and 23 cm in width, developing into naturally bushy, well-branched mounds.

This combination of compact size, vigorous growth and abundant flowering makes the Safari series particularly useful for both container growing and garden planting.

The naturally rounded habit also allows the plants to look attractive without requiring complicated shaping or maintenance.

Excellent for Pots & Containers

Safari Orange is an excellent choice for pots, balcony containers and mixed summer arrangements.

Its compact growth allows the plant to remain neat, while the large orange flowers provide plenty of visual impact.

It can be planted alone to create a strong display of vivid orange colour or combined with other summer annuals in larger mixed containers.

The intense orange flowers combine particularly well with cream, white, yellow, burgundy, purple, blue and deep green foliage.

Beautiful in Flower Beds & Borders

In the garden, Safari Orange creates dense, colourful plantings and is particularly effective when planted in groups.

Its approximately 23 cm height makes it ideal for the front of flower beds, along paths, around raised beds and as a colourful summer border.

For the strongest visual effect, plant several plants together to create a continuous mass of vivid orange flowers.

The compact habit also makes Safari Orange useful for repeating throughout a planting scheme to create rhythm and strong colour accents.

Long & Abundant Flowering

Safari Orange is a day-neutral Marigold, meaning flowering is not dependent on a specific day length.

With sufficient light and warm growing conditions, plants develop quickly and begin producing their characteristic large orange flowers.

Regularly removing faded flowers helps keep plants tidy and can encourage continued production of new blooms throughout the summer.

With suitable growing conditions, Safari Orange provides strong, reliable colour over a long flowering period.

Growing from Seed

French Marigolds are among the easiest annual flowers to grow from seed, making Safari Orange an excellent choice for both beginners and experienced gardeners.

For earlier flowering, sow indoors before the last frost.

• Sow 1 seed per plug or cell
• Place the seed on moist growing medium
• Cover lightly with a thin layer of growing medium or vermiculite
• Light is not required for germination
• Germination temperature: 22–24°C
• Germination time: approximately 2–3 days
• Keep the growing medium evenly moist during germination

Once the seedlings have emerged and developed their cotyledons, the temperature can be reduced to approximately 20–21°C.

Light & Growing Conditions

Safari Orange grows and flowers best in a bright, sunny position, although it can also tolerate partial shade.

High light levels and warm temperatures encourage faster growth, compact plants and earlier flowering.

For the best garden performance and most abundant flowering, choose a position with plenty of sunlight and good air circulation.

Watering & Soil

Grow Safari Orange in fertile, loose and well-drained soil or growing medium.

Keep young seedlings evenly moist, but avoid keeping the roots continuously waterlogged.

Once established, allow the surface of the soil to dry slightly between watering.

Plants grown in pots and containers may require more frequent watering during hot summer weather.

Good drainage is particularly important for container-grown plants.

Planting Outdoors

Plant outdoors after the danger of frost has passed and the young plants have been gradually acclimatised to outdoor conditions.

Safari Orange develops quickly in warm weather and can provide a colourful display within a relatively short growing period.

Space plants sufficiently to allow their naturally rounded and well-branched habit to develop.

For borders or mass plantings, several plants can be grouped together to create a dense carpet of bright orange flowers.

Perfect For

Pots • Balcony Containers • Mixed Containers • Flower Beds • Borders • Raised Beds • Path Edging • Group Plantings • Mass Plantings • Landscape Planting

Why Grow Safari Orange French Marigolds?

Large Semi-Double Flowers • Rich Bright Orange Colour • Anemone-Type Flower Form • Compact 23 cm Plants • Vigorous Growth • Excellent Branching • Abundant Flowering • Easy to Grow from Seed • Fast Germination • Day-Neutral Flowering • Excellent for Pots • Beautiful for Borders • Reliable Summer Performance

Tagetes patula Safari Orange is an excellent choice for gardeners looking for a compact, easy-to-grow and exceptionally colourful French Marigold with impressively large orange flowers.

Its combination of large semi-double anemone-type blooms, vivid orange colour, vigorous growth, compact habit and abundant flowering makes Safari Orange a reliable choice for pots, containers, borders, flower beds and colourful summer garden displays.