Calendula
Scotch marigold
- Height × spread
- 0.3m – 0.7m × 0.2m – 0.5m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
Please ask in store about availability
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About this plant
A plant that was grown for its herbal qualities long before it made the transition to ornamental status. These are small bright plants with rounded, many-petalled daisy heads. The flowers are traditionally in yellow, gold and orange shades. However, forms are now available with cream and red shades. There are single and double forms, some of the latter being like pompoms. Bi-coloured forms have been bred, and forms with fancy or 'quilled' petals. In the garden the popular forms are grown as annuals, but there are a number of perennial forms available. Grow these for their long season of flowers. There are forms available as much as 75cm in height, generally, however, they are 30cm or less.
- Flower colour
- Orange, Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, some varieties
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.3m – 0.7m
- Spread
- 0.2m – 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Scented garden, Mediterranean garden, Herb garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal), Poor soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are not hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Use for
- Ground cover, Bedding plant, Butterfly attraction, Bird attraction
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Spring-Autumn · Planting
Protect from slugs & snails
Protect young plants and new growth from slugs; mature plants can withstand slugs though damage affects their appearance. Apply nematodes in Spring. Or sprinkle organic slug pellets thinly around plants. Barrier methods, eg copper tape, may help.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Feed a general fertiliser
Where plants have moderate needs for nutrients, they can simply be given a general feed, fairly early in the growth season so that the growth has plenty of time to harden off before the cold weather.
Give plants a general boost with the application of a general purpose fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plant, with amounts as directed on the feed label.
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