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Mexican Tarragon


Information

Tagetes lucida belongs to the composite family. A beloved child has many names, it is also called Sweet Mace, Texas Tarragon or Mexican Mint Marigold. In all of Latin America, where its origins are, it is a well-known plant which is used as herb and tea and also medicinally as stimulant, diuretic and digestive aid. The leaves are a shiny dark-green, a little wider than those of Tarragon with a very marked flavour and aroma of French Tarragon with some aroma of liquorice added. They are suitable for salads and cooking, chiefly fish- and potato dishes. Both leaves and flowers are used for tea fresh or dried. This plant grows upright until 40-60 cm tall with a group of small orange Tagetes flowers on top. Sow the seeds indoors and set out when the risk of frost is over! It is perennial but is affected by our winters. M.T. can winter over indoors if grown as a potted plant. 1300 seeds/g. A portion contains about 100 seeds.


 

Product number:K460
Scientific name:Tagetes lucida
Botanic family:The Sunflower Family - Asteraceae
Organic:No
Lifespan:Perennial
F1 Hybrid:No
New variety:No
Sowing time:Pre-cultivate: March–April
Sowing depth:0,5–1 cm
Germination time:5–15 days
Plant spacing:30 cm
Row spacing:40–60 cm
Height:40–60 cm
Plant location:Sun
Harvest/blooming:July–September
Seeds/g:1300 seeds
Heirloom variety:No

Cultivation advice

Sowing

Sow the seeds indoors in March-April and set out when the risk of frost is over! 

Spacing

Distance between plants is 30 cm.

Harvest

The leaves are suitable for salads and cooking, chiefly fish- and potato dishes. Both leaves and flowers are used for tea fresh or dried. 

Seed

1300 seeds/g.
A portion contains about 100 seeds.