Calendula officinalis — Calendula Balls Improved Orange is a bright pot marigold with rounded double orange flowers for cool-season beds, cut flowers, edible petals, and pollinator gardens.
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Calendula Balls Improved Orange is a bright pot marigold with rounded double orange flowers for cool-season beds, cut flowers, edible petals, and pollinator gardens. It is a useful addition for gardeners looking for distinctive seed-grown plants with ornamental, edible, ecological, or collection value.
Direct sow in cool weather or start indoors. Cover seed lightly, keep moist, and grow in full sun to partial shade.
Seed germination can vary by freshness, storage, temperature, and growing conditions. Use clean containers and a well-drained seed-starting medium.
Calendula Balls Improved Orange can be used in appropriate climates and garden styles where its mature size, sunlight needs, and moisture preferences are matched to the site. For best performance, provide full sun to partial shade and soil conditions suited to the species.
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View Seedman Product PageIt produces bright double orange calendula flowers.
Yes. Calendula petals are often used as edible flower petals, though only consume plants grown safely for food use.
Calendula performs best in cool weather and may slow in high heat.
Yes. Calendula is easy to direct sow in cool conditions.