Calendula seeds

Calendula seeds / Tziporei hatul / Calendula officinalis
An annual plant.
Suitable for sowing from late August to January.
We recommend planting calendula seeds 25-30 cm apart.
Calendula, known in Hebrew as tziporei hatul (cat’s claws), belongs to the daisy family and has been used for healing for thousands of years.
The plant got its Hebrew name from the curved shape of its seeds, which resemble a cat’s claw.
Calendula is mainly used for its flowers, which can be eaten, steeped as tea, or extracted in oil or alcohol.
The main and best-known way to use the flowers is by infusing them in oil. The resulting oil has strong healing qualities, healing and restoring the skin.
You can also enjoy the flowers as an infusion and as food. Fresh petals will add color and health to your salad.
The flower is rich in resins and active compounds that extract well in oil.
Its orange-yellow color points to a high content of carotenoids, which are powerful antioxidants with a beneficial effect on skin health, tissue repair, strengthening the immune system and more.
Read more about calendula flowers and their many uses.

Contains about 50 seeds.