Calendula Seeds

Calendula Seeds for Planting: Cheerful Pot Marigolds for Beds, Bouquets, and Pots

Calendula is one of the easiest and most generous flowers you can grow from a packet. Our collection of calendula seeds covers bright orange and golden types, soft apricot and pink-tinged blends, and mixed packets that give you a range of colors from one sowing. Each Calendula officinalis seed packet here grows an annual also known as pot marigold, with daisy-like blooms that draw pollinators, last in a vase, and keep coming for weeks. They tolerate cool weather, most are cold tolerant, and several varieties are container-friendly, so they fit a bed, a border, or a pot by the door.

Calendula Seed Varieties: Pacific Beauty, Resina, Orange, and Pastel Blends

Pacific Beauty is the classic mix, with long-stemmed blooms in gold, orange, apricot, and cream that look right at home in a cutting garden. Resina brings rich orange flowers on sturdy plants and is a favorite with gardeners who like to dry petals. Orange Calendula is the bold, traditional choice for a pop of sunny color. For something softer, Strawberry Blonde and Pink Surprise lean into gentle blends of apricot, cream, and pink-tinged petals that pair well with other flowers. Heights run to about one to two feet, so they work as edging along a vegetable bed as easily as in a mixed flower border.

Growing Calendula from Seed: Sow in Cool Weather

Growing calendula from seed is forgiving, and the main trick is timing it for cool weather. Direct sow in spring once the worst of the frost has passed, cover the seed with about a quarter inch of soil, and expect sprouts in one to two weeks. Thin seedlings to eight to twelve inches apart so plants can bush out. Calendula blooms best in cool conditions and slows down when summer heat arrives, so sow a second round in midsummer for fall flowers. Listings here show 31 to 120 days to maturity depending on variety, so check each one against your season. The Seedtime garden planning software builds a planting calendar around your frost dates, including that second sowing, and the layout planner makes it easy to tuck calendula along the edges of vegetable beds.

Buy Calendula Seeds with One Shipping Charge

When you buy calendula seeds here, you can add seeds from multiple suppliers to the same order and pay one flat shipping charge, or qualify for free standard shipping on Seedtime-fulfilled orders of $49 or more to the lower 48 states. Paid Seedtime members get 20% off seed packets marked "Fulfilled by Seedtime" and 5% off everything else in the store. You can start planning for free, and if you want unlimited calendars and layouts along with those store discounts, compare Seedtime's plans to find the right fit. Whether you want a single packet of calendula seeds for sale for a pot or several varieties for a cutting bed, it all ships together.