CALENDULA – POT MARIGOLD - FLOWER SEEDS
FLOWERS 2 - 3” - BRIGHT ORANGE & YELLOW DAISY-LIKE BLOSSOMS
Beautiful Large flowers resemble daisies on leafy stems
Attract butterflies & bees as well as beneficial insects to your garden !!
Loves full sun & well drained fertile soil, but will grow in poor soil or partial shade.
Constantly blooms from Summer to Fall until frost
Very hardy & IMPRESSIVE FLOWER SUITABLE FOR A WILD or NATURAL GARDEN or in POTS !!
PLANT STAYS BEAUTIFUL FOR MANY MONTHS
Naturalizes & self seeds readily, so you will have many more in successive seasons
Low Maintenance - (virtually no maintenance) – JUST WATCH THEM GROW & ENJOY!!
GREAT FOR NEW GARDENERS – A REAL CONFIDENCE BUILDER! A FLOWER THAT EVERYONE COMPLIMENTS & COMMENTS ON
If you are in a temperate climate they can bloom all year long!
CALENDULA WORKS in the garden as a NATURAL REPELLENT for ASPARAGUS BEETLES & TOMATO HORNWORMS – they make a GREAT COMPANION PLANTING FOR TOMATO PLANTS!!
BOTANICAL NAME: Calendula Officinalis
HEIGHT – 1-2 FT (12-24 INCHES)
FLOWER SIZE – 2 - 3” INCHES ACROSS – Sometimes up to 4” INCHES !!
ZONES: 3 - 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9
WATER: Normal
Annual – but since it easily reseeds, you will very likely have them come up again year after year!!
EASY PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS: Sowing depth of 1/4 inch. Germination takes 10 days - 3 weeks. You can also do as nature does, and scatter them for naturalizing (& then cover with about 1/4” soil). You will be really proud of your amazing flowers, which will then naturalize, multiply, & seed themselves. You will have clumps of gorgeous flowers that YOU started from seed and nurtured.
If you really want to start them indoors, you can start them about a 1-2 months before the last frost date. Scatter seed on a quality seed starting mix & cover them lightly with some of the mix. Mist or moisten mix & put seed tray in a plastic bag to keep moist. Keep it in the DARK indoors at about 60-70°F for 10 days-2 weeks until they germinate. After they germinate put in a light place and they will grow into seedlings that can be moved outside after last frost date.
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