Do Marigolds Come Back Every Year?

Do Marigolds Come Back Every Year? The popular types of marigolds for garden planting are all annuals, sprouting, flowering – and dying in the same year. But they may come back the following year thanks to self-seeding. What marigolds are perennials? Species Variation Within Marigolds (Tagetes) Mexican tarragon (Tagetes lucida), Lemmon’s marigold (Tagetes lemmonii) and