Calendulas

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This easy to grow annual has simple, single flowers in solid, bright orange, and yellow. It has straight, sturdy stems so it’s a nice cut flower, and it looks spectacular in mass plantings and adds a  long-lasting color and beauty to a flower bed. The Calendulas petals produce an edible peppery taste when used in stews, broths, and salads. To give it a nice kick of flavor.

These flowers are fairly easy to grow and aren’t much of a hassle. They are also frost tolerant and somewhat cold hardy.

Timing: It is easiest to directly sow them in early spring (early March) and continue into early summer (early June) for fall flowers.
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Or, indoor plants can be started from February to mid-March for transplanting in April. 

Sowing: Sow the seeds 5mm deep, and try to aim for a spacing of 15-45cm between other plants. ​

​Growing: They can survive in sun or partial shade and in any regular garden soil, which is why they are easy to manage. To prevent self-sowing pinch or cut off the flowerheads of withering flowers.