Marigold - Pot English Marigold - 60 seeds

Calendula officinalis Having Orange flowers that can be used in salads. Pot marigold a well known plant, the petals can add orange colour to rice and other dishes, the petals have a delicate taste

Having Orange flowers that can be used in salads. Pot marigold a well known plant, the petals can add orange colour to rice and other dishes, the petals have a delicate taste. A good companion plant to grow alongside tomatoes, cucumber and asparagus.

Hardy Annual

• Sow Pot Marigold seed in spring for late summer flowering or autumn for early flowering the following year.
• Sow seed in shallow drills or scatter seed and rake in . The seed is large so can easily be spaced apart to eliminate the need for thinning
• If thinning is required - thin to at least 45cm apart
• Grow on in well drained soil in partial shade to full sun – tolerates poor soils
• Flowers appear from Summer to early autumn. Height 12-28 ins (30-70cm), Spread 12-28 ins (30-45cm).

Don't get these marigolds mixed up with African marigolds (Tagetes), which are neither medicinally important or edible. Pot Marigolds have very soft leaves and butter-coloured flowers that may be yellow to orange and some are double

Ideal plant for a wildlife garden - They are very attractive to insects, especially butterflies that visit to drink nectar.

Seeds itself readily – remember to pick seeds heads if you don’t want it to self seed