Calendula 'Fiesta Yellow' (Pot Marigold) – Hardy Annual (2L Pot)

Calendula 'Fiesta Yellow' is a compact pot marigold, covered in bright golden yellow daisy flowers from late spring into autumn.

The Fiesta series is a dwarf, uniform form of Calendula officinalis, making a bushy plant around 25 to 30cm tall and 20 to 30cm across with semi double flowers held just above aromatic mid to dark green leaves. It is the one properly hardy plant in the summer bedding group, quite unlike the French and African marigolds it is often confused with, and an autumn sown plant will sit out a British winter outdoors.

Grow it in full sun, or light shade, in any well drained soil; once established it copes with dry ground. Deadhead through the season and it keeps flowering, and the stems cut well for a small vase. Bees and hoverflies work the open flowers. The petals are edible and add colour to a salad. Each plant is supplied established in a 2L pot, ready to go straight into a border or a container.

Cultural Information

• Common Name: Pot marigold, English marigold
• Fully Grown Height and Spread: 25 to 30cm tall and 20 to 30cm across
• Growth Habit: Compact, bushy and uniform
• Perfect For: Beds, borders, patio pots, window boxes, kitchen gardens and cutting
• Foliage: Mid to dark green and aromatic
• Flowering Time: Late spring to early autumn
• Planting Position: Full sun or partial shade, tolerant of dry soil once established, and it grows well in patio pots and containers
• Soil Type: Well drained and moderately fertile
• Hardiness: Fully hardy
• Maintenance: Low. Deadhead to keep the flowers coming.
• Seasonal Interest: Spring, summer and autumn
• Type: Hardy annual bedding plant