Marigolds give you reliable warm-season color from late winter through fall, thriving in full sun and ordinary soil without fussing. These compact 4-inch plants are ready to fill beds, borders, or pots as soon as frost danger passes.

Deadhead spent flowers to keep bloom coming all season, or let them go and watch seedlings pop up next year. Plant them thick for impact or scatter them singly—either way they handle Alabama heat and humidity better than most annuals.