Calendulas and Marigolds?

[Potaroo]

My calendulas and marigolds have long since expired however,
I now have hundreds of these that have self seeded through out my vege
garden.
My concern is; will they survive through the winter?

Regards Pete from Windsor NSW

[HC]

Yes, yes and yes!! They will survive anything. LOL I used to live up
the road in Orange and nothing would kill them, although the large
marigold plants would get knocked by the frost but the seeds would
survive and reappear in the spring. Both make for lots of colour,
although the odour is not so nice.

I remember Calendulas (in bloom) peeping through snow, they looked
fabulous. In fact my (now adult) son as a 2-3yo used to collect
Calendula seeds and grow them, this was his first foray into gardening
and he learned to write 'orange flower seedlings' on
labels/pots/anything they were grown in and they were literally
everywhere. LOL

I've been getting my (now) 5yo DGD interested in gardening too, but
don't think I could cope with 'orange flower seedlings' again, so have
reverted to the other child specialty of succulents.

Thanks for the memory
Bronwyn ;-)

Potaroo wrote:

> My calendulas and marigolds have long since expired however,
> I now have hundreds of these that have self seeded through out my vege
> garden.
> My concern is; will they survive through the winter?
>
> Regards Pete from Windsor NSW
>
>

[Potaroo]

Thanks for the confidence Bronwyn!
Cheers, Pete

"HC" > wrote in message
...
> Yes, yes and yes!! They will survive anything. LOL I used to live up
> the road in Orange and nothing would kill them, although the large
> marigold plants would get knocked by the frost but the seeds would
> survive and reappear in the spring. Both make for lots of colour,
> although the odour is not so nice.
>
> I remember Calendulas (in bloom) peeping through snow, they looked
> fabulous. In fact my (now adult) son as a 2-3yo used to collect
> Calendula seeds and grow them, this was his first foray into gardening
> and he learned to write 'orange flower seedlings' on
> labels/pots/anything they were grown in and they were literally
> everywhere. LOL
>
> I've been getting my (now) 5yo DGD interested in gardening too, but
> don't think I could cope with 'orange flower seedlings' again, so have
> reverted to the other child specialty of succulents.
>
> Thanks for the memory
> Bronwyn ;-)
>
> Potaroo wrote:
>
> > My calendulas and marigolds have long since expired however,
> > I now have hundreds of these that have self seeded through out my vege
> > garden.
> > My concern is; will they survive through the winter?
> >
> > Regards Pete from Windsor NSW
> >
> >

[John Savage]

HC > writes:
>marigold plants would get knocked by the frost but the seeds would
>survive and reappear in the spring. Both make for lots of colour,
>although the odour is not so nice.

While some object to the marigold's perfume, I love it! My first
gardening success was to grow towering Stinking Rogers. In retrospect I
think they probably grew all by themselves and I just watered them and
claimed all the credit. (After all, where would I have obtained some
seed from?)
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)

[Potaroo]

Agree, its a sort of sharp resh citrissy smell!


"John Savage" > wrote in message
om...
> HC > writes:
> >marigold plants would get knocked by the frost but the seeds would
> >survive and reappear in the spring. Both make for lots of colour,
> >although the odour is not so nice.
>
> While some object to the marigold's perfume, I love it! My first
> gardening success was to grow towering Stinking Rogers. In retrospect I
> think they probably grew all by themselves and I just watered them and
> claimed all the credit. (After all, where would I have obtained some
> seed from?)
> --
> John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)