Calendula Touch of Red Mix
Calendula Touch of Red Mixes colour comes from the deep mahogany-red back of each petal. This adds a reddish overtone to the normal calendula colours of yellow, orange, and cream, creating a stunning effect. Plants are 50 to 60cm in height with 5 cm blooms becoming slightly smaller as its bloom period wears on. Several plants will provide hundreds of cut flowers.
Sow: September to February.
Spacing: 30cm.
In historic times Calendula was more often used for magical purposes than medicinal ones. One 16th-century potion containing Calendula claimed to reveal fairies. An unmarried woman with two suitors would take a blend of powdered Calendula, marjoram, wormwood and thyme simmered in honey and white wine used as an ointment in a ritual to reveal her true match.
