- Name: African Marigold Crackerjack - Scientific Name: Tagetes Erecta - Color: Orange, Bright Yellow, & Gold (Reddish Orange) - Plant Seeds: Outdoors After Frost / Indoors Weeks Before Last Frost - Bloom Time: Mid Summer - Late Fall - Hardiness Zone: N/A - Plant Height: 24 - 36" - Plant Spacing: 12 - 15" - Light Requirements: Sun - Soil & Water Preferences: Average - Quantity: 250 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’. The Crackerjack Variety Has Huge Showy 3 ½ - 5” Blooms.