FlowerCalendula
Orange Pacific Beauty Calendula
Orange Pacific Beauty Calendula is a vibrant annual flower that brings intense, cheerful blooms to gardens across zones 3-10. This open-pollinated heirloom variety displays vivid orange flowers that emerge in early summer and persist until the first hard frost, reaching 12-24 inches tall in a compact bush form. From seed to first blooms takes just 70-79 days, making it fast enough for even impatient gardeners to enjoy a long season of continuous color.
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Growing Conditions
USDA Zone
3-10
Sunlight
Full Sun
Water
Moderate
Soil
Well-drained, Moderately Fertile Soil; Tolerates Poor Soil
Growth Stats
24 in
Height
TypeBush
Spacing
8
Plant Profile
Sunlight
Full Sun
Water
Moderate
Zones
3-10
Size
24in H x ?in W
Growth
—
Care
Moderate
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Highlights
The flowers are a stunning, saturated orange that catches the eye from across the garden, and they keep coming all season long without deadheading required. This variety is frost-tolerant enough to survive unexpected cold snaps, meaning your blooms extend deeper into fall than most annuals. Deer won't touch it, and it actively attracts pollinators, turning your garden into a buzzing ecosystem. It thrives equally well in garden beds or large containers, giving you real flexibility in how you design your space.
Common Uses
Orange Pacific Beauty Calendula flowers are prized for cottage gardens, borders, and cutting gardens, where their long stems and durable blooms make excellent cut flowers that hold up well in arrangements. They excel as companion plants throughout vegetable and ornamental gardens, attracting beneficial insects that support pollination and pest control. The blooms also suit large container plantings where their compact bush habit and continuous flowering create sustained visual interest from early summer through frost.
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Care Instructions
Start Indoors
Start seeds indoors 4-6 weeks before your last spring frost. Sow seeds at a soil temperature of 55-75°F, keeping the soil consistently moist until germination occurs.
Transplant Outdoors
Transplant seedlings outdoors after the last frost date. Space plants 8 inches apart with 18 inches between rows. Harden off seedlings by gradually exposing them to outdoor conditions over 7-10 days before planting.
Direct Sow
Direct sow seeds outdoors after the last frost date, or in early spring as soon as soil can be worked. Seeds will germinate at soil temperatures between 55-75°F.
Harvesting
Harvest flowers in the morning after dew has dried but before the heat of the day for the freshest blooms. Cut flowers when they are fully open and vibrant orange in color. For cutting garden use, harvest regularly to encourage more blooms throughout the season. Flowers will continue emerging until the first hard frost.
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Ecology & Traits
Scientific Classification
Calendula officinalis
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Calendula
Growth Habit
Bush
Native Status
L48 (I)CAN (W)
History & Origin
“Orange Pacific Beauty Calendula is an open-pollinated, organic heirloom variety of Calendula officinalis, a flower with roots stretching back centuries as a staple in cottage gardens and traditional herbalism. This particular cultivar represents the kind of non-GMO seed stock that gardeners have preserved and replanted for generations, keeping the genetics pure and the plant's vigor intact. By growing this variety, you're participating in a seed-saving tradition that keeps heirloom genetics alive in home gardens.”