Marigold

Marigolds are a fantastic garden plant or i thought it was a plant untill i was looking at them in my gardening book last week where i discovered that they are not actually classified as a plant but as a herb although i still dont understand why. Marigolds produce lovely flowers that are available in yellow burnt orange or red, they look and smell beautiful in your garden or cut in a vase. You can either propogate them from seed in a green house in late febuary to give an early flower or plant them as i do directly into the soil in may after the risk of frost has gone. There are two varietys available, dwarfs which i believe are french ...  Read the complete review

Marigolds are originally from Mexico, where they are known as Celandulas. Apparently they were first discovered by the Portuguese in Central America in the 16th century and they became popular in Europe and elsewhere. But according to Hindu mythology Marigolds existed in India even during the period of Ramayana (400BC) and Mahabharata( 8 BC ), there are many references made about the beauty of the flower and its medicinal qualities in these scriptures...Marigolds are members of the Composite Family, the blossoms sometimes are actually clusters of many flowers. According to a news report "A team of scientists associated with the European Space Agency ...  Read the complete review

While I was pregnant with my son a few years ago, I took maternity leave six weeks prior to giving birth, this meant I was home with no other children to look after for six lovely weeks in the months of March and April. I had to find something to fill my days other than daytime TV and this is when I began my love of Marigolds and started to fill my greenhouse with seedlings. I started doing seedlings as I had planted a lot of Marigold plants from Homebase the year before and my mum-in-law had shown me how to collect the seeds from the heads after the flower dies, so I had a tin full of Marigold seeds just waiting to be ...  Read the complete review

Marigold if someone said have you any marigolds in your garden I would say yes, but would I mean tagetees the Mexican, African or French marigold? The Glenionis segetun the corn marigold or the calendula the pot marigold? These are all members of the Asteracea family. I might of course mean the marsh marigold Caltha palustris family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family) I have had a marsh marigold in a pond where I lived a few years ago, and I have had tagetees growing in the garden. The picture that is on this site is of a calendula called marigold or pot marigold. The marigold grows to about 50cm tall the plant spreads about 40cm. It has simple ...  Read the complete review

I started to grow my own herbs over the last few years and last year I started to experiment with different recipes, this year ill be trying this one when the herb grows. If you find it interests you let me know in the comment box and ill post some more. This one is for a Marigold cream The ingredients you need are the following 150 grams of emulsifying ointment 70 grams of glycerol 80 ml of water 30 grams of dried marigold flowers The herb Calendula officinalis - Marigold Also known as Marybud, Holligold and pot Marigold to name a few. Marigold in from the ...  Read the complete review