Pacific Apricot Beauty calendula
Calendula officinalis 'Pacific Apricot Beauty'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2 to 3 inches tall
- Habit
- Mounding
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Cream, apricot
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Pacific Apricot Beauty' calendula (Calendula officinalis 'Pacific Apricot Beauty') is an annual for borders, containers, cut flowers, and pollinator gardens. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. Give it full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. It is not a favorite of deer or rabbits, though hungry ones will eat almost anything. The mounding plants have fragrant cream and apricot blooms in a pastel melon color, and butterflies and bees visit the flowers.
Pairs well with Easy Wave Red petunia, Zahara Starlight Rose zinnia, and Red fescue.