One of my favorite flowers is this hardy annual called Pot Marigold / Calendula Officinalis.
I think it is a "must" in a country garden and is also one of the easiest to grow. Place a seed in the ground and up comes this gold..... I just love to have the bright colour in the garden and even mix them in with vegetables in the veggie-garden.
If you have this flower and notice that it is not opening up in the morning, she is telling you that it is going to rain. Helpful for a gardener who always loves a few drops ones in a while. Therefor this flower is also called " flowers of the rain".
It is also a pleasure to sprinkle the happy coloured petals on the salad or vegetable pasta in the summer.
It is not very advisable to keep them for cut flowers as they create an unpleasant odor sitting in water. I dry the petals as well, for having them in homemade Bath Salt.
For people who lived in Antiquity, Marigold flowers when given to a person, they symbolized everlasting love.
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Gunn
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