The rapidly growing annual or biennial Calendula officinalis (common marigold, goldins, Jack-on-horseback, Mary's gold, pot marigold, Scotch marigold, souvenir, yellow goldes, marybuds) can be found flowering all year round, especially in a mild winter. The leaves have distinctive aromatic leaves.
This pot marigold opens it's flowers at day and slowly closes itself at night. The flower stocks also wiggle around. :) I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for all the nature around me and I wish for a better world for everyone.
Calendula officinalis, also known as common marigolds or pot marigolds. These are technically perenniel plants, but in colder climates they're likely to die off over the winter. Luckily they are exceptionally beginner friendly and will reseed themselves without intervention so they'll almost definitely be blooming again year after year.
They tend to flower very heavily and produce a large amount of nectar sugars, making them ideal for attracting pollinators and insects.
I have quite a few in the front garden that I tend to take photos of every year, and now I've finally turned one into a drawing using coloured pencils.
The fast-growing annual Calendula officinalis (English marigold, Scottish marigold, pot marigold) has flowers in shades of orange and yellow. Here they provide a bright display in this raised bed as well as being a potential source of edible petals with a peppery flavour which can be added to salads.
planning on dyeing a bunch of white yarn in my stash with the onion skins I saved from the local farm last year, then knitting a vest out of it...planning even further ahead to try & dye yarn with some of their beets & marigolds too later this year... I think it'd be really cute to have an ongoing 'farm vest' project >:^)