Marigold

Marigold

East-West Seed’s sun-loving marigolds are prolific plants. We’ve established ourselves in the last 15-20 years as a high-quality competitor in the marigold market. Our seeds grow dense canopies, flower in abundance, and are bred for their earliness to harvest. We work closely with farmers, supporting them with marigold harvesting, transportation, as well as any problems they encounter by sharing our knowledge to help solve them. 

Our marigold yields are of good quality and dazzling color, with strong petal firmness. These superior traits make them popular for cut-flower consumers and ornamental garland-making. Both of these represent hugely popular markets in India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. In addition, the flowers have other uses in medicines, culinary recipes, and in perfume making.

Prachuab Bumrungsri

Plant Breeder

“A job for dreaming up new possibilities and making them come true.”


Prakit has been with East-West Seed for 15 years now and he believes “the sweet waxy corn hybrid we developed for the market is the best for its sweet taste.” A brand new innovation, our sweet waxy offers “good eating quality. The waxy sweet corn looks just the same as the white waxy corn on the market but the taste is 25% sweet kernel and 75% sticky,” he explains, “a completely different experience to eating the bland normal waxy corn.” Our varieties also offer improved shelf life and a higher yield of uniform cobs than competitors.

Prakit hides a creative soul beneath his East-West Seed shirt. For him plant breeding is “a job for dreaming up new possibilities and making them come true,” though he admits it requires “close hard work, too.”

Looking forward, Prakit is confident the waxy sweet corn varieties we breed next will be “smaller and have more ears, but with the same eating quality. Very good for the consumer in the future!”