Uses name marigold for Calendula officinalis , talks of corn marigold and wild marigolds, other native British plants. From Garden to Palate. Cathy Wilkinson Barash. Entries for calendula Calendula officinalis , name pot marigold noted and signet marigold Tagetes tenuifolia as edible flowers. Marigold calendula is described as used in tea, African marigold as a companion plant only.
Sam Bittman. Lists marigolds and calendulas separately as edible flowers. No scientific names given. No scientific names but the pictures make it clear the flowers are calendulas. Gualtiero Simonetti.
Calendula officinalis , calendula, pot marigold entry, no mention of Tagetes. Calendulas, called pot marigold, as edible. Tagetes included as dye plant. Laura C. Separate and detailed entries for marigolds and calendulas. States both are edible. Paul Beyerl. No scientific names. Plant is called marigold.
He quotes Gerard, for whom a marigold was Calendula though it is impossible to be sure which plant is intended. Kenneth A. Calendula called marigold, Tagetes called African marigold, French marigold. Marie-Luise Kreuter. Pot marigold Calendula. Adele G. Calendula or marigold, Calendula officinalis. Claire Shaver Haughton. Tells of calendula as the original marigold, with American marigolds coming in after the discovery of America.
Who Named the Rose? Mary Durant. Marigold entry is about Tagetes , mentions Calendula , says nothing about eating either one. David Law. Marigold is Calendula , no mention of Tagetes. Jeanne Rose's Herbal. Marigold section specifies Calendula officinalis.
There is a mention of French marigold in the "Language of Flowers Section" no scientific name. Daniel J. Foley, editor. A collection of articles, there are three articles on Calendula officinalis , as marigold and pot marigold, none that talk about the African marigold, French marigold or Tagetes. I checked several of the tables of herbs, as in "herbs grown in the garden on Long Island" and found marigolds Calendula no Tagetes.
Lore and Cookery. Elizabeth S. Pot marigold, Calendula. Tagetes does not appear anywhere. Milo Miloradovich. Marigold or Pot Marigold is an entry, given as Calendula officinalis.
The genus Tagetes appears nowhere in the book. Marigold is Calendula officinalis , no mention of Tagetes , French marigold or African marigold. Minnie Watson Kamm. Five pages on pot marigold Calendula --the entry in the index is just "marigold. Helen Morgenthau Fox. Marigold is pot marigold Caledula officinalis , Tagetes does not appear. Marigold is pot marigold, Calendula officinalis. She notes marsh marigold Caltha but there is no mention of Tagetes.
More at awanderingbotanist. Labels: African marigold , Asteraceae , calendula , Calenula officinalis , edible flowers , French marigold , marigold , pot marigold , Tagetes. Peachy December 4, at PM. Unknown February 10, at PM. Unknown March 7, at AM. Cinny July 14, at AM. Laura February 26, at PM. Laura February 28, at PM. As both marigold and calendula will self-seed this is also a moot point.
Once you have bought them and cultivated them, leave them to self seed and they will take over your garden. Calendula often have a delicate, subtle flowery aroma. Whereas marigold are harsh and quite unpleasant. Possibly this will dictate where you choose to plant them. Even though there are only around 15 true species of calendula I think there is enough variety there to replace the marigolds that have the strongest aroma.
Uses for calendula vary greatly from a substitute for more expensive saffron , to salad garnish to medicinal oils. Marigolds do have the ability to be used as companion plants. It is that strong aroma and sticky stem that puts garden pests off. Plant alongside potatoes, basil , tomatoes but not cabbage.
The seeds of calendula are curved little horns with ridges along them. They will be easy to hand sort from the dead flower head and then store and sow for the next yea r. Marigold seeds are long, thin, smooth little quills with white fluffy seed heads towards the top. They are built to fly away in he winds and self seed. They will do this very well and grow virtually anywhere with soil and sunshine.
What Next Decide on the basis of each individual species and make your choice regarding who else is going to be using your garden. Email Address Subscribe. Categories How to use Herbs , planting Tags calendula , edible plants , grow your own , know your plants , marigold , plant identification , toxic plants. Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Close Menu Overlay. Provide calendula with a sunny location and soil that drains well.
Although it's tolerant of neglect, when you fertilize it as you would other spring annuals, you'll have brighter, more prolific blooms. Calendula is somewhat drought tolerant, but if you experience punishing summers in your area, provide plants with a little afternoon shade and a layer of mulch.
Dead-head plants regularly remove spent flowers to encourage flower production. Once calendula is established in the garden, it self-seeds readily and comes back year after year.
Calendula When thickly planted, marigold looks attractive and cheerful. It is also available in multiple shades from buttery yellow to dark russet, and with somewhat different petal configurations depending on the cultivar. Online suppliers also offer pot marigold "variety" seed packs with multiple cultivars represented in one packet.
Using Marigold Calendula Calendula was named for the Virgin Mary, and was once commonly dried and added to winter dishes to give them color and enhanced aroma. It was often added fresh to salads, too. This was at a time when manor house salads could number ingredients or more. It's also a culinary coloring agent. A calendula rinse will color Easter eggs and tint rice and mayonnaise an attractive yellow.
It's sometimes called "poor man's saffron. Medicinal Uses for Marigold Calendula Calendula is an antibacterial, antiseptic and antifungal. It also has anti-inflammatory properties.
You'll find it as an ingredient in herbal skin ointment recipes to treat: Dry skin It makes a nice moisturizer. Minor skin irritations Chapped lips Tried this and it is great Diaper rash Insect bites Eczema Sunburn Although research is still ongoing, calendula has been used to treat conditions like fever, nosebleeds, varicose veins, muscle spasms and hemorrhoids, to name a few.
At this writing, there isn't enough evidence for the U. Department of Health and Human Services or the National Institutes of Health to rate its effectiveness in these treatments.
Follow the links at the bottom of this page for more information about other medicinal applications for calendula. For updated information about the safety of herbal preparations, please visit MedLine Plus a service of the U. If you think you'd like to make a calendula moisturizer or lip balm, the recipes for both are easy and fun.
I'll walk you through them in an upcoming post. You might want to try growing your own calendula this season and then supplement your harvest with purchased dried calendula flowers, if necessary. If you're just getting into making herbal remedies, dried marigold and dried lavender buds are two versatile ingredients you can use in lots of preparations.
French Marigold I'll leave you with a quick literary reference. Marigold petals open at sunrise and close at dusk, a habit Shakespeare describes in A Winter's Tale : The Marigold that goes to bed wi' the sun And with him rises weeping. If the French marigold you have in your garden -- or are interested in planting -- is not marketed or labeled as edible, then it is probably not safe for human consumption. Don't confuse it with edible calendula.
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