This highly resinous calendula (Calendula officinalis) seed is the best choice for making skin healing herbal oils as a base for cooking up your own skincare products at home. Calendula oil is amazing for the skin and works beautifully in creams, body butters, salves and more. This particular plant creates a thick viscous oil in a lovely earthy gold color.
We have been growing this Calendula for almost a decade. Its resilience in our zone 3 area and it prolific growth year after year has been incredible. Gently remove flower heads for use to keep the plant flowering all summer and into the fall season. When grown in greenhouse soils this plant with act as a perennial and reseed itself in the spring.
Calendula grows well in pots too but loves the warm sun and fertile soils of the garden. It is an excellent flower for drying and storage. Calendula is also edible and medicinal as a digestive bitter herb. Sprinkle flower petals on meals and adorn desserts with golden flowers.
Each seed package holds a range of 50-100 seeds per package. More approximately 70 seeds.
These seeds are hand harvested after curing from the sun, and packaged by hand as well.
Calendula is easy to grow with high germination rates, it brings much joy and warmth to the spirit to have these plants around and in the garden. Sprinkle on the soil once thawed and free from frost, or begin starts early indoors.
This highly resinous calendula (Calendula officinalis) seed is the best choice for making skin healing herbal oils as a base for cooking up your own skincare products at home. Calendula oil is amazing for the skin and works beautifully in creams, body butters, salves and more. This particular plant creates a thick viscous oil in a lovely earthy gold color.
We have been growing this Calendula for almost a decade. Its resilience in our zone 3 area and it prolific growth year after year has been incredible. Gently remove flower heads for use to keep the plant flowering all summer and into the fall season. When grown in greenhouse soils this plant with act as a perennial and reseed itself in the spring.
Calendula grows well in pots too but loves the warm sun and fertile soils of the garden. It is an excellent flower for drying and storage. Calendula is also edible and medicinal as a digestive bitter herb. Sprinkle flower petals on meals and adorn desserts with golden flowers.
Each seed package holds a range of 50-100 seeds per package. More approximately 70 seeds.
These seeds are hand harvested after curing from the sun, and packaged by hand as well.
Calendula is easy to grow with high germination rates, it brings much joy and warmth to the spirit to have these plants around and in the garden. Sprinkle on the soil once thawed and free from frost, or begin starts early indoors.