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Resina Calendula is a golden-yellow flowering cultivar of Calendula officinalis that brings both beauty and utility to gardens in zones 6 through 11. Hardy enough to direct sow around your last frost date and tolerant of cool spring and fall weather, it reaches 12 to 24 inches tall and flowers prolifically within 60 days. The blooms carry a clean, cool scent that intensifies when brushed or crumbled in hand, and they've long been prized for their soothing properties in preparations for minor burns and skin irritations.
12-18 inches apart
Full Sun
Moderate
6-11
24in H x ?in W
Annual
Low
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Golden-yellow flowers emerge in profusion on plants that are genuinely easy to grow and even self-sow year after year. The scent is distinctive and lovely, a cool, clean fragrance that makes you want to brush your hand across the blooms. This is a calendula that earns its place not through fussy demands but through reliable performance and a gentle, herbaceous character that combines ornamental appeal with genuine utility.
Resina Calendula flowers are traditionally used in herbal preparations, particularly for soothing burns and skin irritations. The blooms can be crumbled by hand and used fresh or dried in salves, infusions, and skincare preparations. Home herbalists value this variety for its consistent golden coloring and prolific flowering habit, which ensures a steady supply of usable blooms throughout the growing season.
Direct sow Resina Calendula around your last frost date. The variety is frost-tolerant and can handle cool weather in both spring and fall, so it can be seeded early in the season. Calendula grows easily from direct sowing and will establish quickly.
Harvest Resina Calendula flowers once they have fully opened to their golden-yellow color. Pick blooms in the morning after dew has dried for the freshest, most potent harvest. Flowers can be used fresh or dried for later use in herbal preparations. Regular harvesting encourages continued flowering throughout the season.
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