Thompson & Morgan - Calendula Art Shades Seed Tape - Flower Seeds

Thompson & Morgan

Bring vibrant life to your garden with easy-to-grow Thompson and Morgan Calendula Art Shades Tape Mixed Seeds, offering spectacular frilled blooms in apricot, orange, primrose and cream that’ll brighten beds and borders for months. Calendula ‘Art Shades’ thrives in full sun, reaches up to 60cm in height and spreads up to 20cm, making it ideal for creating colourful displays or enjoying as cut flowers. Each packet contains 80 seeds supplied as convenient seed tape, ensuring simple sowing and reliable germination, with care instructions included so you’ll enjoy a long flowering period and lasting colour. Direct sow calendula seeds outdoors where they are to grow from April to May. Choose a position in full sun on well-drained soil which has been raked to a fine tilth. Sow seeds thinly, at a depth of one centimetre in drills spaced 30cm apart and cover the seed with its own depth of soil to exclude light. Water the ground regularly, especially during dry periods. Germination usually takes five to ten days. When calendula seedlings are large enough to handle, thin them out to 30cm apart. Alternatively, sow indoors from March to April at a temperature of 18-23°C (65-73F). When seedlings are large enough to handle, transplant and grow them on in cooler conditions until they are large enough to plant outdoors. For winter or early spring flowering, sow calendula in late summer or early autumn and grow plants on in a cool greenhouse or conservatory. Water regularly until plants are fully established. Deadhead faded calendula flowers to encourage more blooms to be produced and prevent them from self-seeding. Delivered with growing and care instructions. Images shown are for guidance only of the expected results from plants upon maturity. Different growing conditions might vary the results. Image may be included for illustration of supply, but can vary due to seasonality changes (e.g. deciduous plants lose leaves in colder months).