• Pot Marigold

LATIN: Calendula

GROWERS • Four Winds Farm • Paynelea Organic farms • Ursus Log Works • School Creek Farm • Cincott Farms This cheerful annual or perennial has hairy leaves and golden-orange daisy like flowers. The leaves are added to salads, and garnishes of flowers color rice and fish dishes. Calendula is antiseptic and anti-fungal and contains hormone and Vitamin A precursors. Calendula is a bittersweet, salty herb that stimulates the liver, gall bladder and uterus, soothes the digestive system, supports the heart and clears infections. It benefits the skin especially, reducing inflammation, controlling bleeding and healing damaged or irritated tissues. Petals are used as a substitute for saffron in rice and soup and infused to give color to cheese, butter, milk desserts and cakes. The petals are also added to fresh salads. Grow in well drained to poor soil in full sun. Propagate by seed sown in spring or autumn. Remove dead flower heads to prolong flowering and prevent excessive self seeding. Dies out in hot summers. Caterpillars, powdery mildew, rust or cucumber mosaic virus may attack foliage. Flowers are cut in dry conditions and stripped of petals for use fresh or dried in infusions, liquid extracts, tinctures and for culinary purposes; they are also macerated in oil for external use.
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