Pot Marigold "Sunset Buff"

Pot Marigold "Sunset Buff"  - Calendula officinalis.
Dense-double, bright and large!
You can’t refuse the special beauty and enviable constancy of calendula.
She became a master of transformation: she changes the shape of the petals as she dissolves.
At the peak of flowering, the petals turn into small peaks when they are still unfolded in the center of the flower.
Along with its decorative effect, it impresses with its endurance, resistance to bad weather and, above all, ease of care, which makes calendula
an indispensable plant for garden decoration, as well as balcony boxes, flowerpots.
Sowing: April - for seedlings for planting on a balcony, May - in open ground. 1.0 g = 150 seeds.
After 2-4 weeks after germination, the plants are thinned out or seated at a distance of 20 cm from each other.
Any garden soil is suitable for calendula, a sunny or semi-shaded location, regular watering, top dressing.
The first top dressing is carried out a week after planting seedlings or thinning, then they are fed every 10-14 days with a complex
mineral fertilizer that provides the necessary nutrition for flower crops. To prolong flowering, wilted inflorescences are removed.
Flowering: from late June until frost. Calendula goes well with blue ageratum, delphinium, rudbeckia, zinnia.

Eng.: Pot Marigold. Suom.: Tarhakehäkukka. Sven.: Ringblomma, solsocka.