This easy-to-grow herb offers your dog almost limitless benefits.

By CJ Puotinen

Picture a flower with such intense orange or yellow petals that it brightens moods and gardens both. Give it significant healing properties for internal and external application, then add a zesty flavor that makes it a culinary herb as well.

Calendula officinalis (pronounced cal-EN-du-la) fits all of these descriptions and more. No wonder it’s been named 2008 Herb of the Year by the International Herb Association. This cheerful plant belongs in your garden and in your herbal medicine kit for the benefit of every member of your family – especially your dog. …

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