Calendula - Key Growing Information

Calendula blooms, prized for their beauty, as well as culinary and medicinal uses.

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