Marigolds. Are yours Annual or Perennial?

I always thought marigolds were annuals. I do have some that reseed, and may reappear in the spring, but not often. I wonder if your client was talking about pot marigolds. They are also known as Canendula. Here's a link to some information about them. I didn't know these to be perennials, but they may be n some places. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendula_officinalis Looks like they are an herb that help with pregnancy, healing, and other things. Good luck! I hope this is what they were looking for!

Marigolds are a very harty annual plant that can be started from seeds or bought in cellpacks at any gardening center. They are particularly great as a natural pest deterrent for vegetable gardens. They come in a variety of colors and grow very well in cooler climates as well.

hey cool, well to tell you what i know about marigolds ,are they annual or perennial...????? They are suppose to be a annual,but sometimes they will come back...I know i plant annuals every year and sometimes they surprise you and they do come back and some don't...Being in the landscape business as you are ,you do understand that nature is unpredictable....I have had plants to come back that was not suppose to come back...If someone were to ask me, i would tell them marigolds are an annual,because they are suppose to be...it depends on the weather,how the people do their garden in the winter...If those seeds are protected,and the seeds fall into the ground under protection they can come back,but its not a sure thing...So i do not doubt them coming back but as for as the classification goes they are well known as a annual.

I have never heard of perennial Marigolds, I do however know that you can save flowers and dry them for your seeds for the next year. My grandmother used to plant Marigolds around the perimeter of the vegetable garden, she said it kept pests away. That required a lot of Marigold seeds so she taught me how to clip the flowers and dry them for seeds.

i dont know much about mari gold but i know tat they are lovely flowers.. they come in different colors

There is a perennial plant called Calendula that is also called marigold, but I think I heard of a Tagetes from Mexico or South America, or maybe Africa, that is a perennial. I don't think they would winter over, though, in most of the US.

I've always heard Marigolds are annuals. Any information I've ever looked up about them said they were annuals too. I worked in a flower store last spring selling marigolds among other types of flowers and plants. Every person I came across that mentioned Marigolds all said they were annuals also.

All the marigolds I've ever planted were annuals. I like the Queen Sofias. In fact, I'm getting ready to put in some right now. Sorry, I don't have any pictures but I plant them every year. They keep the bugs away from the vegetable garden and they're pretty.

I've never heard of any marigold being a perennial. In a very mild climate, they may survive the winter and come back. But if the roots have frozen, they won't. I think people mistake them for a perennial because they can reseed themselves. But true perennials come back from the roots.

I planted Marigolds at my fathers grave back in 1994. They have returned every year ever since. It is now 2009!