Calendula : Zeolights - Calendua officinalis

Brightly blooming bicolored flowers of many colors, great for salads

These carefree, casual flowers bloom brightly on sturdy branching plants. Flashback offers double and semi-double 2 to 3" blossoms in satiny shades of orange, apricot, rosy-peach and cream, with many bicolors and petals backed with deep red or maroon. They add sparkle to country-style bouquets and lure visiting summer butterflies. Calendulas have been used for centuries in soothing lotions and salves. Their edible petals make colorful salad garnishes.

Asteraceae Calendula officinalis

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Calendula: Calendula

Zeolights - Calendua officinalis

Also known as Pot Marigold, Calendula is an annual with redish, pinkish, orangish, or yellowish creamy blooms. They add sparkle to country-style bouquets and lure visiting summer butterflies. Their edible petals make colorful salad garnishes. Flowers are used as a food color, natural dye, and substitute for saffron. The plant is a prolific self-seeder. The part used is the whole flower, either fresh or dried.

Medicinal: Traditionally used as an anti-inflammatory herb for localized skin problems including insect bites and stings. Reported to activate cellular defense mechanisms. Flowers have MANY other medicinal uses not noted here.

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Basics

Ease of Growing: Easy
Grown as: Annual
Days to Maturity: 40-60 (Spring/Summer)
Growing Habit: -
Hardiness: Hardy

Calendulas can tolerate light frost and will sometimes survive a hard frost or snow.
Crops: Spring Transplant, Spring
Growing Season: Short, Long
Cultivar Type: -
Growing Conditions: Cool, Warm

Calendulas tolerate a wide variety of climates but will do best in full sun, well-draining rich soil, and cool temperatures. The plants will often stop blooming in hot weather.
Outdoor Growing Temp: 55°F - 85°F
Min Outdoor Soil Temp: 60°F

Calendula seeds can be planted as soon as the soil warms up to around 60˚ F.
Start Indoors: Yes
Start Outdoors: Yes
Light: Part shade (Cool, Warm)

Calendula can tolerate some shade but prefers full sun.
Water: Moderate

Calendula plants require regular watering but never water so much that the soil becomes soggy.
Feeder: Light

Calendula prefers a rich soil but will tolerate poor soils of many types.
Suitability: Tolerates light frost, Partial shade
Small Gardens?: Yes
Containers?: Yes

Sometimes known as “pot marigold,” calendula is easily grown in pots on the doorstep or in window boxes.
Attracts beneficial insects?: Yes
Color: -
Fruit Size: 2.0 - 4.0"
Plant Height: 18.0 - 24.0"
Plant Diameter: 12.0 - 18.0"
Hardiness Zone: 2-11
Disease Resistance: -
Taste Profile: Dried Calendula can be used as a Saffron substitute. It is tangy and slightly bitter. It's mostly used for its bright colors because it doesn't have a lot of flavor.
Rotation Group: Flowers

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Calendula : Zeolights - Calendua officinalis

Brightly blooming bicolored flowers of many colors, great for salads

Zeolights - Calendua officinalis

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