Calendula 'Green Heart Orange'

Calendula 'Green Heart Orange'

Calendula officinalis

Bright-orange flowers with a green heart are produced in profusion on this tall English marigold. A popular companion plant to repel soil nematodes near tomatoes and asparagus.

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Calendula 'Green Heart Orange'

Named from the Latin 'Kalenade' (the first day of the month) because it can be in flower every day of the year bring brilliant orange brightness to the garden in the darkest of seasons. So willingly do they grow that they barely need sowing. Elizabethans called it marigold before Mexico was discovered, which then, became the source of popular modern marigolds. Beneficial with medical and culinary properties, like many gardeners, this flower is too `green at heart'.

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Seed Sowing
 Sow method: Sow direct

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 Germination: 87
Sow distance: 30cm
Seed Sowing Times
 Cool: Feb-Apr,Sep-Oct

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 Warm: Feb-Apr,Sep-Oct
Hot: Mar-Sep
Sub-tropical: Mar-Sep
Tropical: May-Sep
Growing Needs
 Light: Full Sun
Water: Drought tolerant
Growing weeks: 9

The number of growing weeks required to reach harvest stage. Of particular importance for Cool climate gardeners.

Plant Characteristics
 Height: 60cm
Width: 30cm
Flower colour: Orange

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