I like calendula - there are some very pretty varieties from creamy colours through brown/sienna and apricot shades to the deeper orange ones - lots of them stocked on the Sarah Raven website. They are great as an edging to a veg patch or in a cottage garden, and are useful as cut flowers.
I'm not sure whether Northernlass dislikes the English marigolds (Calendula) or the French and African marigolds (Tagetes patula and Tagetes erecta). I love the smell of these (childhood memories) but they're not something I'm tempted to grow.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I like them because my mum did - so while they may not have been my plant of choice, seeing them dotted around my veggie garden (self-situated!) makes me smile and think of mum. I remember a few years ago her trying to explain she liked 'pot margiolds' when I thought she meant the French and African ones, which I had been growing for her. I finally got it right but too late for her to see - I reckon she's had a hand in spreading them all over the veg plot now though! I use the petals in salads sometimes - quite pretty.
Just to clarify, the ones I grow are Calendula, not Marigolds. I can only grow Marigolds in summer - they don't manage the cold of winter. I do like to grow Marigolds (T. patula) with my tomatoes. Even though I seed save, I inevitably buy a punnet at the beginning of the season for convenience.
I'm not sure whether Northernlass dislikes the English marigolds (Calendula) or the French and African marigolds (Tagetes patula and Tagetes erecta). I love the smell of these (childhood memories) but they're not something I'm tempted to grow.
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I like calendula - there are some very pretty varieties from creamy colours through brown/sienna and apricot shades to the deeper orange ones - lots of them stocked on the Sarah Raven website. They are great as an edging to a veg patch or in a cottage garden, and are useful as cut flowers.
I'm not sure whether Northernlass dislikes the English marigolds (Calendula) or the French and African marigolds (Tagetes patula and Tagetes erecta). I love the smell of these (childhood memories) but they're not something I'm tempted to grow.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
They remind me of death, I grew up in tropics and there were tons of them at funerals draped over everything.
I like them because my mum did - so while they may not have been my plant of choice, seeing them dotted around my veggie garden (self-situated!) makes me smile and think of mum. I remember a few years ago her trying to explain she liked 'pot margiolds' when I thought she meant the French and African ones, which I had been growing for her. I finally got it right but too late for her to see - I reckon she's had a hand in spreading them all over the veg plot now though! I use the petals in salads sometimes - quite pretty.
Northern lass , fair enough
Just to clarify, the ones I grow are Calendula, not Marigolds. I can only grow Marigolds in summer - they don't manage the cold of winter. I do like to grow Marigolds (T. patula) with my tomatoes. Even though I seed save, I inevitably buy a punnet at the beginning of the season for convenience.
Yes Tetley, Dove spelled it very out clearly, so it's worth making a note of the botanical names so that you can buy the one you like.
Plants I don't like (for no particular reason)
I'll say it again.... marigolds.