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Steven Feil
One of the things we taught at HGH, and I imagine is still taught, are that our Winters are too harsh for calendula to survive. This has been true for as long as I have been growing it… many years now.
Well, plants can throw you curves. As stated in Patrick’s desert plant walk video, if you give them what they want they can grow just about anywhere.
Included is a picture of my calendula row that I took today. I left them in the ground to compost last fall. Well, they had other plans…. or I did something different. This year when I shoveled snow I put it over the calendula area so it could melt on the dirt. I knew snow was a pretty good insulator, but I didn’t know that calendula could handle 32 degrees for weeks on end. At least these plants could.
Patrick is working on the picture thing for me.
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mantheymw@hotmail.com
I live in a pretty mild climate (The Willamette Valley in Oregon) and much of my calendula over-winters. I lose some every year, but they reseed, so the row still comes back full. The plants that make it through the winter bloom well ahead of the new seedlings. I’m glad you found a way to get your calendula through your harsh winters! 😀
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Greg Boggs
I live in East Washington and this will be my first time getting to see if my calendula over wintered or not, fingers crossed!
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Rebekah Carmichael
I’m in East Tn, and mine over wintered as well. We have nights in the 20s and had a harsh dip into the single digits this January with eight inches of snow. Wasn’t expecting them to over winter. I even lopped of the tops for the goats to eat last fall, so now I have dwarf Calendula. To bad I need that bed for something else!
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Rene Groom
I love in Eastern Washington and we get pretty cold, but I have Calendula planted in barrels and they come back every year.. this is my 5th Spring with them coming up. I do put mulch over them in the winter.
Rene Groom
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Sydnia Ginger Anady
what zone are you and at what point did you mulch… love growing in barrels
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