Which plants pair well with Calendula?

Aronia, Borage, Chamomile, Nasturtium, New Zealand spinach

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Three steps, three minutes. Type your location, measure your bed, click the veg you like. I do the rest.

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Yes. From a 40×20 cm balcony box to a 3×1 m raised bed — same three steps, same outcome.

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Calendula

Asteraceae

Plant spacing: 25 cm
USDA zones: 4a–10a
Frost-sensitive: no
Growth duration: 10 weeks

Which beds suit?

Sun (prefers): full sunAlso okay:partial shade
Soil (prefers): loamyAlso okay:sandyraised-bed mix
Drainage (prefers): normalAlso okay:very free-draining

Seed & start

Pre-culture recommended

Start indoors / cold frame first, transplant into the raised bed later.

Stachi's tip

Calendula is a multi-purpose star: edible petals, medicinal (salves), bee magnet, soil improver. Direct-sow in April, flowers June through October.

Who is Stachi? →

The plant's year: sowing, transplanting, harvest

Sowing

Transplanting

Harvest

Good neighbours

Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.

Avoid these neighbours

No known conflicts.

Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.

Good pre-cultures

Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.

What comes after Calendula?

When the bed frees up, the season is usually not over. We worked out what still fits afterwards — with time windows and reasons.

See follow-on crops for Calendula →

Sources

LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review
LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage
Bingenheimer Saatgut – Kapuzinerkresse, Ringelblumen, Tagetes (https://blog.bingenheimersaatgut.de/bluehende-nachbarn)
Dreschflegel – Ringelblume, traditionelle Form (https://dreschflegel-saatgut.de/ringelblume-traditionelle-form)

Where these figures come from

Timing: Horticulturally established — consistent across the cited standard works.
Spacing: Horticulturally established — consistent across the cited standard works.
Companion planting: Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Crop rotation: Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Yield: Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.

Sources: LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review · LLM-Baseline-Intercrop · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage · Bingenheimer Saatgut – Kapuzinerkresse, Ringelblumen, Tagetes (https://blog.bingenheimersaatgut.de/bluehende-nachbarn) · Dreschflegel – Ringelblume, traditionelle Form (https://dreschflegel-saatgut.de/ringelblume-traditionelle-form)

Articles about this plant

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