Days To Germination: 7-15
Planting Depth: 1/8 - 1/4 inch
Spacing, Plant: 8-10 inches
Light: Full Sun or Partial Shade
SOWING: Seed indoors in early spring. Or, start seeds in the garden after danger of frost has passed. In mild winter areas sow seeds in late summer through early fall for spring or possible fall flowering. Cover the seeds with 1/8 to 1/4 inch fine soil. Keep soil moderately moist during germination.
THINNING: When seedlings are 2 inches tall, thin to 8 to 10 inches apart. Transplant thinned plants.
SUGGESTIONS: For continual flowering, keep the flowers cut. Grow best in full sun or part sun and shade. Easy to grow. Calendula’s are not choosy about soil.
CALENDULA
Pacific Beauty Mixture
Calendula officinalis
ANNUAL. This is an Annual that acts like a perennial. Because it easily reseeds itself, it often keeps coming up year after year without further care. Large, colorful, fully double orange and yellow flowers on straight stems. Easy to grow, attractive free flowering annual. Also, because of it's easy adaptability to being grown in a pot, it is sometimes referred to as a POT MARIGOLD. Can be grown indoors and/or outdoors in a pot and is ideal for bedding, borders and for cut flowers. 15 inches tall. More heat tolerant than most calendulas.