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Calendula 'Art Shades' Seeds

Calendula 'Art Shades', is a classic cottage garden favourite with richly coloured blooms that will add cheerful character to your beds and borders. Producing masses of gorgeous frilly, double blooms in…
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Description
Calendula 'Art Shades', is a classic cottage garden favourite with richly coloured blooms that will add cheerful character to your beds and borders. Producing masses of gorgeous frilly, double blooms in shades of creamy peach, orange, gold and yellow. 'Art Shades' is adored by many beneficial insects making them a great companion plant for your kitchen garden. The petals of these blooms are also edible, with a slightly peppery taste. Delivered as a pack of 200 seeds. Sow outdoors, February-October.
Top Tips
  • Remove dead flowers to prolong flowering season.
  • Sow a few seeds late June and in most years, you will have blooms until the first frosts.
  • Sowings made in curves rather than straight lines can create a more pleasing and natural effect.
Care Information

How to grow Calendula ‘Art Shades’

  • Sow outdoors, March to May or August to October, where they are to flower, 0.5cm (¼in) deep, directly into finely prepared soil that has already been watered. Seedlings usually appear in 7-21 days. Water well until established. Thin seedlings to 23cm (9in) apart to allow for their development and those removed can be transplanted. For a continuous display, make sowings at 2-3-weekly intervals. Late summer and autumn sowings will flower the following year.
  • Or sow indoors, February to April, in trays of compost. Water well and place in a greenhouse or cold frame. Keep moist. Transplant seedlings 5cm (2in) apart to other trays when large enough to handle. Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions before planting out 23cm (9in) apart.

Aftercare

  • Keep weed-free and dead-head regularly to extend the flowering season.
  • Keep moist, watering through very dry spells.
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Size Guide
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Tray Of 120 Plugs
Small Plugs

Size:
Height 4-6cm

Ease:
Easy

Grow On?:
Yes

Tray Of 60 Plugs
Medium Plugs

Size:
Height 5-7cm

Ease:
Easy

Grow On?:
Yes

Plugs
Plugs

Size:
Height 8-12cm

Ease:
Easy

Grow On?:
Yes

Jumbo Plugs
Plugs

Size:
Height 10-20cm

Ease:
Easy

Grow On?:
Yes

Garden Ready
Garden Ready

Size:
Height 14-20cm

Ease:
Easiest

Grow On?:
Not Necessary

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