Mandarin Twist Calendula Seeds

Brilliant Color and Twice the Petal Power!
Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds can’t get enough of the nectar in these blooms!
Genus: Calendula
Species: officinalis
Variety: ‘Mandarin Twist’
Item Form: (P) Pkt of 50 seeds
Bloom Start To End: Mid Summer – Early Fall
Habit: Mound-shaped
Seeds Per Pack: 50
Plant Height: 10 in
Plant Width: 6 in – 8 in
Additional Characteristics: Bloom First Year, Butterfly Lovers, Cut-and-Come-Again, Double Blooms, Easy Care Plants, Free Bloomer, Long Bloomers, Needs Deadheading, Edible, Hummingbird Lovers, Pest Fighter, Repeat Bloomer, Flower, Herbs
Bloom Color: Dark Orange
Foliage Color: Dark Green
Light Requirements: Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture Requirements: Moist,  well-drained
Resistance: Disease Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Heat Tolerant, Humidity Tolerant, Pest Resistant
Soil Tolerance: Normal,  loamy
Uses: Beds, Containers, Cut Flowers, Outdoor

Brighten the cutting garden, annual bed, the vegetable patch, or containers with this exciting new Calendula! Orange Mandarin in a compact but very well-branched and free-flowering variety with double blooms of deep, rich orange. They stand out brilliantly in any setting, and hold well in garden or vase. Blooming all summer and well into fall on easy-care, floriferous plants, these flowers are a joy!

Calendula is so useful in the garden and the vase. You will find these flowers just indispensible in indoor arrangements, yet the plant is too charming to be relegated to the cutting garden. Instead, set a generous planting in the rear of the sunny to partly-shaded bed or border and pick all the blooms you want over the super-long two-season bloomtime! And, of course, it’s a big pest-fighter in the vegetable garden, so dress up the greens with some hot color!

One of the few annuals that makes the summer-to-fall leap without losing petal power, this Calendula is a lovely companion to cool-season Asters. It doesn’t mind a little shade in warm climates, but blazes best in full sun farther north. Expect it to reach just 10 inches high and 6 to 8 inches wide. Pkt is 50 seeds.