Description: Calendula has singular, orange flowers with a dark heart. It is very easy to grow. It is used for medicinal, cosmetic and culinary purposes. Pot Marigold flowers are edible, and can be used to garnish dishes, and for seasoning.
Seed Origin: Westmeath
Sowing: March to May. August to September
Description: Calendula has singular, orange flowers with a dark heart. It is very easy to grow. It is used for medicinal, cosmetic and culinary purposes. Pot Marigold flowers are edible, and can be used to garnish dishes, and for seasoning.
How To Grow Pot Marigold From Seed: Calendula is an easy flower to grow. The seed can be sown directly in the location outside that you desire. Scatter the seeds evenly, and cover very lightly with soil. Make sure the area is kept moist through germination. When the seedlings are 5cm to 10cm tall, thin them out and leave a spacing of 20cm between each plant.
Alternatively, grow in pots using the same directions as above. Calendula Marigold can bloom in every month of the year. The flowers of Calendula are edible and will brighten up any dish.
Pot Marigold can also be sown from August to September to produce flowers that will bloom early in the following year.
Sunflower Giant Yellow
A tall and large, fast-growing annual with oval to heart-shaped, roughly hairy green leaves. In summer it produces a wonderfully large sunny yellow flower with a chocolate brown centre. Great for seeing who can grow the tallest and attracting bees and seeds that follow provide food for finches
Annual sunflowers are fast growers and can reach a height of 2m or more in just three months.
For best results, grow your sunflowers in rich soil in open ground, in a sunny, sheltered spot, and water and feed frequently.
Sunflowers bloom from summer to autumn. Depending on the variety, annual sunflowers take 11-18 weeks to flower from seed. With that in mind, it's a good idea to sow sunflower seed every couple of weeks, so you'll have a constant supply of cheerful blooms throughout summer.
The best time to plant sunflower seeds is between April and May. You can sow sunflower seed as late as mid-June but bear in mind they take up to 18 weeks to flower from seed so they may not flower before autumn.
