Calendula
Calendula officinalis
In a typical UK garden, sow indoors late February to late March, sow outside late March to mid-June, plant out late March to early May, and harvest late May to mid-November.
When to sow, plant and harvest
Last frost around 20 April, first frost around 31 October.
- Sow indoors
- late February to late March
- Sow outdoors
- late March to mid-Juneearly September to late September
- Plant out
- late March to early May
- Harvest
- late May to mid-November
Growing facts
- Spacing
- 30 cm apart, rows 30 cm apart
- Square foot
- 1 per square (30 cm squares)
- Sowing depth
- 1 cm
- Ready in
- 45 to 60 days from sowing
- Grows to
- 45 cm
- Hardiness
- Hardy to about -10 °C
- Sun
- Copes with some shade
- Crops for
- About 12 weeks
Growing tip
Deadhead often to keep flowers coming until hard frost. The petals are edible, and plants self-seed freely.
Neighbours
Flowers are one crop rotation group. Try not to grow them where any of the family grew in the last two or three years. How crop rotation works
More flowers
Where these figures come from
Every crop in VegLog was checked against published growing advice. Dates are worked out from average frost dates, so they shift with your garden. For calendula, we used:
Grow calendula with VegLog
Add calendula to a bed and VegLog reminds you when to sow, plant out and pick, timed to your own town's frost dates.
