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Marigolds are cheerful, brilliantly coloured annuals that are long-standing favourite summer flowers for borders and pots. Colours are mainly yellow and orange with some reds and creamy white. All marigolds are excellent for attracting pollinating insects. The largest group of marigolds are named Tagetes and are half-hardy annuals, meanting they are tender and won’t tolerate frost. They flower for months through summer and into autumn and vary from plain single colours to a range of contrasting markings of red, brown, yellow, or orange. All have finely divided foliage which is strongly aromatic.
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The other popular flower also known as marigold (or pot marigold) is Calendula. This is an old cottage garden favourite which is a hardy annual, meaning it tolerates some frost and is therefore easy to grow. Calendula flowers are edible and the petals make an attractively colourful garnish to salads and other dis