Simply because the page is looking rather drab and I think these are absolutely glorious:
Of course, they aren’t the wild caléndulas that sprout up all over the grass in spring when we aren’t looking; these (growing in a flower border down by the piscina natural) are so startlingly vivid that I am tempted to think about planting some.
don't confuse the narrator 
I hear they’re good in salads as well.
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Surely you don’t expect me to take advice about salads or vegetables from someone who goes by the name of “The Root Of All Evil”!
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Heh, well, vegetables are evil. Apart from maybe chips.
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The Tuber Of All Evil??!
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