Calendula (pot marigold)
Caléndula · Souci
🧩 Role in the garden
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Height
- low (< 40 cm)
- Shape
- compact
- Roots
- shallow
- Sun
- tolerates some shade
- Season
- cool season
- Grows in
- summer or winter beds
Jobs in the bed
- Feeds beneficial insectsSmall open flowers feed hoverflies, parasitic wasps and lacewings, which eat aphids and caterpillars.
- Brings pollinatorsFlowers that feed bees and butterflies. Useful next to crops that need pollinating.
Rotation
Do not return Asteraceae to the same spot for 3–4 years. Same family:
✿ Benefit
Magnet for pollinators and aphid-eating hoverflies & parasitic wasps; works as an aphid trap
Can attract slugs
✓ Place near
- ✓ Tomato
- ✓ Lettuce
- ✓ Cabbage
- ✓ Broccoli
- ✓ Cauliflower
- Throughout beds
✗ Keep apart
None listed.