Marigold is a hardy annual commercial and ornamental flower crop grown for its flowers. Flowers are commercially used for making garlands, wreaths, religious offerings, social functions, floral rangolies, decoration and as cut flower in one or other forms. The present investigation was conducted during kharif 2014-15 at Floriculture Unit of New Orchard, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad with the objective to find out the suitable marigold hybrids for cultivation under Dharwad condition. There were significant differences among the hybrids with respect to vegetative and floral characters.  Among the hybrids, Double Orange, Garland Orange and Sarpan-11 were found to be superior with respect to vegetative growth and flower yield of marigold.