Top Tips for Growing Chamomile in Your Garden

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Does Chamomile Survive Winter? (Explained)

Chamomile is quite common amongst many gardeners. It is used as an antidepressant and sometimes a sleep-inducer. The plant has been around for an extended period and has managed to win the hearts of many

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Growing Chamomile from Seed to Harvest

Did you know that there are 2 types of Chamomile? The first is Roman chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile) and the other is German chamomile (Matricaria recutita). At Mary's Heirloom Seeds, we carry both and the growing conditions are almost the same. German Chamomile is the most popular herb used in...

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In my opinion, chamomile is something you just need to grow once. Roman chamomile is perennial (but I don't have one), and German chamomile is so easy to self-seed.

From the second year, all you need to do is to dig out carefully the young plants taken care of by mother nature and transplant them.

You can also leave them where they are; however, I plan to build my tea garden this year. See how lovely they are now in the nursery pots. They are basically frost-hardy and can stay in the unheated greenhouse. Of course, a little more protection and warmth can certainly help them.

I noticed that in the different corners of my garden, some young chamomile plants grew in purely unprotected locations. Later, I will dig them out and relocate them to the tea garden.

The dried flowers harvested last year offered me lots of good tea time. They are absolutely a staple for herbal tea lovers to grow.