Calendula Pacific Beauty Mix

Grow Calendula Pacific Beauty Mix for warm apricot, yellow, persimmon and orange colour through the cooler months. Its taller 40–60 cm growth form works well behind low borders and gives useful stems for home cutting.

Ready for brighter beds and home-grown cut flowers? Follow our step-by-step Calendula Pacific Beauty Mix Grow Guide for sowing, spacing, regional timing, harvest and care advice.

Quick Grow Facts

• Plant Type: Cool-season annual flowering plant.
• Scientific Name: Calendula officinalis.
• Series: Pacific Beauty Mix.
• Seed Form: Raw seed. Raw does not confirm untreated status.
• General Sowing Time: Autumn to early winter; protect young plants from hard frost and avoid sowing into prolonged heat.
• Position: Full sun in cool weather; afternoon relief can help in hot interiors.
• Sow Depth and Light: Cover evenly to 4 mm; do not surface-sow.
• Germination: 7–14 days at about 18–21 °C.
• Pretreatment: None required.
• Garden Spacing: 25 × 25 cm.
• Intensive Cut-Row Option: Trial 15–20 cm in-row with 30–40 cm between rows; retain wider spacing in humid areas.
• Height: About 40–60 cm depending on season and conditions.
• First Blooms: From about 6–8 weeks in favourable conditions; allow longer in cold, low light or stress.
• Available Pack Sizes: 2 g and 20 g raw seed.

Why Grow Pacific Beauty Mix?

• A warm mix of apricot, yellow, persimmon and orange gives rich cool-season colour.
• Taller stems suit the back of a border and home flower cutting.
• Regular cutting or deadheading encourages new buds while weather stays cool.
• Open flowers can support visiting pollinating and beneficial insects.

Growing Notes

• Direct-sow in free-draining soil or sow one seed per cell in a clean seedling mix.
• Keep the sowing layer evenly moist, then move emerged seedlings into bright, airy conditions.
• Transplant at 2–3 true leaves after hardening off; plant at the same depth as the tray plug.
• Use discreet support in windy gardens and avoid excessive nitrogen, which encourages soft leafy growth.
• Harvest cut stems in the cool morning when flowers are about half open; deadhead remaining plants regularly.
• Expect flowering to slow in prolonged heat. Tidy plants and keep roots evenly watered, but treat calendula as a cool-season annual.
• For culinary petals, first confirm that the seed lot is untreated and grow the correctly identified C. officinalis flowers without pesticides unsuitable for food crops. Introduce small amounts cautiously if allergies are a concern.

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