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Pacific Beauty Blend Calendula (Pot Marigold) Seeds

Heirloom

#1069
4.6666666666667 out of 5 stars
(9 reviews)
Availability: In Stock
The calendula, an old, English-cottage-garden flower is a long-blooming addition to any modern garden. Its gold and orange flowers bloom from spring to fall on fairly drought- and heat-tolerant plants. Grow it for attracting pollinators and its sunny beauty in the garden, then save some blooms for fresh or dried floral arrangements; dried petals can be used in baking or teas. Calendula gets its common name, pot marigold, because the flower resembles a marigold, and has often been used in pots of soup or stew for both color and flavor.
$1.99 1.5 grams (~180 seeds)

Botanical Name: Calendula officinalis

Family: Asteraceae

Native: Probably the Mediterranean region

Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual; may reseed to come back following year.

Plant Dimensions: 12"–24" tall and wide

Variety Information: 2"–3" bright orange and yellow, double and semi-double daisy-like flowers.

Exposure: Full sun to part shade

Bloom Period: Spring to frost

Attributes: Attracts Pollinators, Cut Flower, Deer Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Edible Flower

When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. Cold Climates: 2 to 4 weeks before your average last frost date. Mild Climates: Early spring for summer bloom and late summer for winter bloom. Ideal soil temperature for germination is 68°–85°F.

When to Start Inside: 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date; recommended for cold climates.

Days to Emerge: 5–15 days

Seed Depth: ¼"–½"

Seed Spacing: A group of 4 seeds every 12"

Thinning: When 2" tall, thin to 1 every 12"

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Pacific Beauty Blend Calendula (Pot Marigold) Seeds Reviews

9 reviews

cerissa

5 out of 5 stars Jul 23, 2018
Sowed an entire row of this in the garden this year. It is beautiful! Producing wonderfully for drying for use this winter.
Cerissa from MN

Blooming gold

5 out of 5 stars Jul 28, 2018
I had heard about the healing properties of calendula, but had no idea how beautiful and easy to grow they are! I love this colorful mix, still undecided which my favorites are... The plants have so many blossoms, each with layers of petals, that I can pluck petals for infusions and still have full blooms. And they're working great as companion plantings, in the tomato patch and circling many of our fruit trees.
marisa dipaola from NJ

Pretty flowers

5 out of 5 stars Aug 16, 2019
Pretty flowers that bring in the pollinators!
Sabina M from NY

Long blooming beauties!

5 out of 5 stars Nov 27, 2019
2019 was the first year I grew Calendula and I will be using them in my garden forever. I did both direct sowing and winter sowing - and had great germination rates with both methods. With moderate deadheading, I had blooms from May all the way through October (zone 5). The colors were vibrant and attracted polinators. Highly recommended!
Mary Tuckfield from CO

Calendula Pacific Blend

5 out of 5 stars Jun 3, 2020
I bought Calendula Pacific Blend seed package from a nursery and sowed in the ground a tiny sample of seeds in March this year. It took about 8 weeks to watch them flower. It appeared all the seeds germinated and are healthy looking now!
Faye Kirchhoff from CA

Fall color

5 out of 5 stars Nov 19, 2020
Direct sowed in mid summer was worried they would not flower in time before first frost but they did and I was able to harvest my first medicinal flowers ever and was very happy. Thank you so much for the great verities of herbal and medicinal plants.
Serena Brookman from VA

Disappointed

2 out of 5 stars Oct 24, 2021
I was really looking forward to these. I tried again and again to grow them in the spring and have been trying this fall as well but I get poor germination and then what does germinate produces a few small leaves and then ceases to grow. I've tried sowing during different seasons. I tried soaking prior to sowing and not soaking. I've tried fertilizing of course. Not sure what more to try.
Shekhynah from TX
Owner Response: Hello Shekhynah, Thank you for sharing your experience. The key to getting seeds to germinate is moisture, proper planting depth, and soil temperature. Seeds do not use fertilizer. As a reminder, calendula needs darkness to germinate and should be sown 1/4"-1/2" deep. The seeds germinate when soil temperatures are 68-85 degrees F. Because they do seem to germinate and then fail we would assume there is something going on in the environment. Too small of root space, compacted soil, very lean soil, over/under watering can cause small plants that decline. We hope that helps.

Calendula

5 out of 5 stars Nov 5, 2021
Germinated well, seedlings transplant well. Such pretty flowers! Grew to make salve, that turned out great as well. Now I'm just picking them for flower arrangements in the house.
Keri from CO

Spectacular and cold tolerant calendula

5 out of 5 stars Nov 13, 2021
Astonishingly productive and resilient - I garden at 3900ft in the high desert and this year we had a heat dome, wildfire smoke, hailstorms, and serious drought but these beauties thrived! In fact, they are still blooming even after several frosts. Great late-season pollinator attraction as well. They produced lots of seeds so I'm sure I will have more next year!
Jennifer from OR

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