Pot Marigold 'Calendula 'Touch of....'' (Calendula officinalis)

Calendula offinalis 'Touch of Buff' - Seward, Alaska - September 2002

Are yours still blooming? Mine has only some flowers left and they are mostly small and yellow ones... thoguht they are from the same plants.

Evert: These were some plants I donated to our local post office. The groundskeeper there is a wonderful gardener, and my flowers always look better when he grows them!

This picture was taken in late August or early September, but I imagine some are still blooming down there. Calendula usually bloom late in the summmer here and continue until frost kills them. They really look pretty among the forget-me-nots, don't they?

Yes they sure look.... but are your Myosotis blooming too? Here they bloom on May/June. Your ToB:s have much more red than mine, yours look very pretty. Post a pic of your post office sometimes ;)

Yes, Evert: This forget-me-not has been blooming all summer down there. Most of mine here at home has already gone to seed, but the wild variety is still blooming. Perhaps the cool weather here has something to do with the burnish on the calendula blooms.

I've been looking for a picture of our post office. I remember taking one... that is the building. When I take pictures of their flowers, I do close-ups. Our post office is a busy, social place, since we don't get delivery and must pick up our mail there. Here's a photo of Dennis walking away from the post office boxes after getting our mail.

That's a lot of PO boxes. We don't have any boxes in our PO, and keeping one in Finland is rather expensive. Why don't they deliver mail to your home address?

I don't really know, Evert. We are a small town, and many of the deliveries would be rural. This post office serves those outside the city limits, as well. It is 30 miles to the next post office. Many of the roads are not very reliable in the winter... I guess there are lots of reasons. I know they do some rural deliveries... something that was an option long before I recall, but they don't take on new deliveries.

The post office has become the meeting place for most folks. The heavy traffic times are at noon and just before closing. You always see people chatting in the lobby and helping carry packages, etc.

The US post office does not allow advertising on their bulletin boards, but death & memorial notices are allowed on the doors here. When approaching the post office door, a piece of paper on the glass means a death.

Residents have gotten in the habit of using the light pole at the exit of the post office parking lot to advertise rummage sales, car washes, etc. Just funny little quirks of a small coastal Alaskan town.

Oh.... Here mail is always delivered, no matter how rural places people live in. Or, well, I am not sure about lapland ;)
My Grandparents live about 11,5 km from their post office, and mail is delivered. Our Post Office is about 1,5 km from us.

Our PO looks much more yellow :D

Weezin, your photo is truly inspiring. I had already dogeared the page in my Park's catalog for this plant, and after doing a websearch for photos, lo and behold, it led me right back here :)

I'm thinking of interplanting mine with Cynoglossum, since they should both be blooming at the same time, unless we get an unbearably hot summer. Any hints/tips on sowing these?

Hi, Go_vols: No, no special tips. My methods are so different because I always start them indoors. They seem to germinate quite well, and the seeds look prehistoric! They also transplant well, but they're always a bit tempermental when I start weaning them off the dome lid... they want to wilt. I have to raise the lid a little each day and see how they react. If they are started outdoors, I doubt that it would be an issue.

I've grown Touch of Red for several years, and I wasn't sure I'd like this one, but it's beautiful.. yes, cynoglossum is that vivid shade of blue that would really set these off. In my climate, they look great with midget blue bachelor button and bloom about the same time.

I realize this is an old thread... but I have a question. I have seed saved my Touch of Buff Marigolds for about 10 years, and the color has degraded to almost purely yellow. I don't plant the yellow kind, so cross pollination would have to come from pretty far away.

Is this normal? Do they always revert, or were mine effected by other plants?

For that matter, my colored hollyhock seed often reverts to yellow or white from the hot pinks I took them from.

Since they are a cultivar, my guess is they've reverted back to one of the parents. Looks like Swallotail still sells it: http://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/annuals/calendulaann.html#gsc.tab=0 along with some other yummy-looking calendula varieties.