Calendula 'Pink Surprise'
Calendula 'Pink Surprise' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Calendula 'Pink Surprise' is a lovely calendula with fully double salmon-pink flowers tinged with apricot. It is a hardy annual flower to 60 cm high. It flowers for a long period during Winter and Spring, particularly if regularly dead-headed. Calendula will tolerate any soil in full sun, although it prefers a moderate to rich loam. Sow late Summer and Autumn, it takes about 8 - 10 weeks from sowing to flowering. Suitable for temperate and subtropical areas.
Product: Calendula 'Pink Surprise'
Product type: SEED (40)
Botanical name: Calendula officinalis
Syn.: syn. English marigold, pot marigold
Syn. English marigold, Pot marigold. Calendula 'Pink Surprise' is a lovely calendula with fully double salmon-pink flowers tinged with apricot. It is a hardy annual flower to 60 cm high. It flowers for a long period during winter and spring, particularly if regularly deadheaded. The flower petals can be used to add colour to salads. The flowers are also used in skin and cosmetic preparations. It is a good cut flower and attractive to beneficial insects.
Plant type: Cool season hardy annual
Plant height: 60 cm; compact growing habit
Sow when: Germinate best at 15 - 20°C soil temp.
Temperate: Spring and autumn
Subtropical: Late summer to late autumn
Tropical: April - August
Germination: 10 - 14 days
Depth: 12 mm deep; cover seed lightly with fine soil or compost
Position: Full Sun
Sow where: Sow direct or into seedling trays
Soil type: Fertile, well-drained soil pH 6 - 7.5
Details: Regularly dead-head plants to improve flowering; will often self-sow from year to year
Harvest: 8 - 10 weeks
*Has edible flowers
*Good for bees
40 seeds per packet
Calendula officinalis
syn. English marigold, pot marigold
Cool season hardy annual
Calendula 'Pink Surprise'
Calendula 'Pink Surprise' is a lovely calendula with fully double salmon-pink flowers tinged with apricot. It is a hardy annual flower to 60 cm high. It flowers for a long period during Winter and Spring, particularly if regularly dead-headed. Calendula will tolerate any soil in full sun, although it prefers a moderate to rich loam. Sow late Summer and Autumn, it takes about 8 - 10 weeks from sowing to flowering. Suitable for temperate and subtropical areas.