Calendulas?

[Snadger]

As far as I know calendulas are an annual? I have a few where I've chopped off the straggly growth and they look like very healthy plants. Do you reckon they will flower a second year, or should I just bin them?

[zazen999]

Mine are still growing too. I don't know but presumably at some point we will have a bad frost/snow type night and they will die off.

[Nicos]

Mine are still flowering...I'm enjoying the bit of colour in the garden!

[singleseeder]

Snadge, if they are looking healthy, I'd just leave them. I wouldn't be surprised if you end up with some selfseeded ones though.

[stella]

Mine are still flowering too. They just keep going

[chris]

I started some off to overwinter in my GH.. may as well have left them outside, as they're really growing fast.

[Two_Sheds]

It's a short-lived perennial, usually grown as an annual because of its tendency to get woody and straggly.

I have some in flower still too

[Florence Fennel]

Noticed I have some still in flower and saw this thread. I also have some snap dragons still flowering, even after this week's frost.

[Ouya Mellsa]

It's a perennial, yep, but not worth much in the 2nd year, IMO.

Conversely, I grow Senecio cineraria. It's classed as half-hardy, yet it gets through the hardest of winters. I have some which are 3 years old and looking well.

[stella]

I think my calendulars are in their third year? I just keep cutting all the old growth back and they put out new bits.