Calendula - Coffee & Cream

Cream/blush petals with coffee-colored centers and maroon reverse - so beautiful massed together. The petals are edible and have a lightly bitter flavor, although the flowers have no fragrance. Calendula add color to borders and grows well in containers. As well as attracting beneficial pollinators and looking cheerful in a vase, calendula is used in herbal medicine and as a dye plant.

20 organic seeds

KEY GROWING INFORMATION

DAYS TO GERMINATION:

7-14 days at 70°F (21°C)

SOWING:

Direct seed (recommended) - After danger of frost, sow at a depth of 1/4". Make 2-3 successive sowings 2-3 weeks apart for continuous blooms from summer to heavy frost. Transplant - Sow 4-5 weeks before planting out.

LIGHT PREFERENCE:

Sun/Part Shade.

PLANT HEIGHT:

Varies.

PLANT SPACING:

6-12".

HARDINESS ZONES:

Annual.

HARVEST:

Cut Flowers: Harvest once the bloom is about 50% open.
Edible:Harvest once the flowers are fully open and pull petals off before using in dishes. Do not eat the calyx or flower centers.

SOIL REQUIREMENTS:

Rich, well-drained soil.

USES:

Cut flower. Edible flower. Medicinal: flowers are used in antiseptic tinctures and healing skin ointments. Beds, borders, containers, mass plantings, and cottage gardens.

SCIENTIFIC NAME:

Calendula officinalis

ALTERNATE NAMES:

Pot marigold, common marigold, Scotch marigold