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The French marigold is a hardy annual, grows to about 30 cm tall, forming a bushy plant. Foliage is dark green with reddish stem. Leaves are pinnately divided and leaflets are linear, lanceolate and serrated. Flowers are small, either single or double borne on proportionately long peduncles. The flower colour varies from yellow to mahogany red.Mari gold requires mild climate for luxuriant growth and flowering. Mild climate during growing period (14.5° - 28.6°C) greatly improves flowering while higher temperature (26.2° - 36.4°C) adversely affects flower production. Depending on environmental condition, marigold can be grown three times in a year – rainy, winter and summer seasons. Planting of African marigold after 1st week of February and before 1st week of July greatly affects the quality and yield of flowers. So staggered planting between 1st week of July to 1st week of February at monthly intervals assures supply of flowers to market over an extended period from October to April, however maximum flower yield can be obtained from September planted crop.