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This sunny annual has beautiful yellow/orange flowers that bloom from mid-spring to early summer. It is one of the most widely used and effective medicinal plants. The flowers are loaded with healing properties including essential oils, saponins, carotenoid and flavonoids. It can be used to heal wounds, reduce inflammations and treat bruises, burns and cuts. In skincare, it is used to treat acne, eczema, rosacea and irritated or inflamed skin.

Grow Sow seeds under cover in early spring – germination takes 5 to 14 days – or sow direct into soil on the southern side of the herb spiral in late spring when risk of frost has passed.

Harvest Pick flowers as soon as they open in early summer. Young leaves can be eaten in salads.

Uses Good for nappy (diaper) rash and skin complaints including cuts, grazes, minor burns, wounds and fungal conditions. Sap from the stem has traditionally been used to treat warts, corns and calluses.