{"id":18751,"date":"2017-08-28T19:49:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T18:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18751"},"modified":"2017-08-28T19:49:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T18:49:53","slug":"calendula-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/calendula-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Calendula Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Menston Calendula\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/7745133206\/in\/album-72157630982610042\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7251\/7745133206_822cb9ac05_z.jpg\" alt=\"Menston Calendula\" width=\"640\" height=\"489\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Orange or Yellow are the signature colours of Pot Marigolds more correctly named Calendula officinalis.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_Tgc _y9e\">Pot Marigolds are typically grown as an annual or biennials but can be cultivated as a short-lived perennial. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Calendula are also called\u00c2\u00a0 English, Field Marigolds, Scotch marigold or Ruddles but are unrelated to African or French marigolds.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Menston Calendula\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/7745135196\/in\/album-72157630982610042\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8423\/7745135196_4d4e225504_z.jpg\" alt=\"Menston Calendula\" width=\"640\" height=\"486\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Varieties to Consider<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Golden Princess;<\/li>\n<li>Orange Princess;<\/li>\n<li>Calypso Orange;<\/li>\n<li>Radio;<\/li>\n<li>Triangle Flashback <span class=\"size16 Georgia16\" style=\"color: #504f49; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif;\">with double flowers in shades of apricot-pink with a maroon\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Deja Vu<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"st\">Pacific Beauty a mixture<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Sherbet Fizz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Menston Calendula\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/7745142788\/in\/album-72157630982610042\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8448\/7745142788_dc2a562cb2_z.jpg\" alt=\"Menston Calendula\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"_Tgc _y9e\">Grow From Seed<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sow in autumn to over winter or start indoors before the last frosts.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"_Tgc _y9e\">Avoid warm propagation temperatures, as they will produce weak plants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"_Tgc _y9e\">Keep the seeds covered with soil, as light inhibits germination.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"_Tgc _y9e\"> After germination good light will help create bushy plants<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They may look like daisies because they come from the same family asteracea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orange or Yellow are the signature colours of Pot Marigolds more correctly named Calendula officinalis. Pot Marigolds are typically grown as an annual or biennials but can be cultivated as a short-lived perennial. Calendula are also called\u00c2\u00a0 English, Field Marigolds, Scotch marigold or Ruddles but are unrelated to African or French marigolds. Varieties to Consider Golden Princess; Orange Princess; Calypso Orange; Radio; Triangle Flashback with double flowers in shades of apricot-pink with a maroon\u00c2\u00a0 Deja Vu Pacific Beauty a mixture&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/calendula-calendar\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}