Add a little flash to your garden with this easy to grow, dramatically beautiful calendula. Red or maroon blanket the backside of each flower, while orange, apricot, vanilla or yellow adorn the front side of the petals. Plants reach 1 - 2 feet tall. These are attractive to bees, butterflies and birds. It needs average water, which means water regularly, about once a week. Flowers are good for cutting and also suitable for containers. Calendulas are known as easy self-sowers which means the original plants will die off after first frost however the dropped seeds will grow new plants the following spring.