How to grow Mexican Tarragon

Tagetes lucida

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Harvesting Mexican tarragon

Leaves and flowers are edible and have a similar flavor to French Tarragon.
Keeps best made into pesto and frozen.
Harvest fresh leaves for tea.

How long does Mexican tarragon take to grow?

These estimates for how long Mexican tarragon takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.

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When should I plant Mexican tarragon?

Our when to plant Mexican tarragon estimates are relative to your last frost date.

When to sow The number of days to sow Mexican tarragon before or after your last frost date.: 49 days before Last Frost Date

Mexican tarragon Folklore & Trivia

Used in Mexico as protection against the devil.

Traditionally was combined with peyote and smoked, or mixed in beer or cactus liquor.²

Other names for Mexican tarragon

Sweet mace, Mexican mint marigold, Texas tarragon, Pericon, Mexican marigold, Spanish Tarragon, Yerbis Anis, Mexican oregano

Tagetes lucida Cav.

Footnotes

¹ Floridata-Tagetes lucida

² Entheology-Tagetes lucida