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Common Chamomile Herb Seed — held cultivar

Common Chamomile Herb Seed — botanical detail

Common Chamomile Herb Seed — chamomile fresh flower head harvest

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Matricaria recutita

60 - 65Days to maturity

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Common Chamomile Herb Seed

Item #HSC-HRB-007-PKT

The classic tea chamomile.

German chamomile, also called Hungarian chamomile, gives good crops of small, sweet-scented, daisy-like flowers for tea.

The flowers are also edible, slightly sweet, for garnishing salads, desserts and drinks. A chamomile rake speeds up picking.

Ready to pick about 60–65 days from sowing. Open-pollinated.

Specs

Packet: 200 seeds
Average 300,200 seeds per oz.

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Quick Facts

Latin Name: Matricaria recutita
Days To Maturity: 60 - 65 days
Life Cycle: Annual
Hybrid Status: Open Pollinated
Product Features

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Surface-sow

Light needed to sprout.

Plant out young

At 3–4 true leaves.

8" apart

Sun, sandy loam.

Pick in full bloom

3–4 pickings a season.

Growing Information

Days to germination

About 10–14 days.

Starting indoors

Recommended. Start 4–6 weeks before planting out. Press seed onto the surface without covering, since it needs light, and mist to keep it moist. Alternate 68°F (20°C) and 86°F (30°C) between night and day until it sprouts. Plant out young, at 1–2" with 3–4 true leaves; older seedlings move badly.

Direct sowing

As soon as the soil can be worked in spring, scatter in a narrow band and cover very lightly. Keep moist. Thin to clumps of 2–3 plants.

Plant spacing

8" apart in rows 18" apart.

Soil

Fertile, well-drained sandy loam.

Light

Full sun.

Harvest

Pick flowers in full bloom; expect 3–4 pickings a season. Dry the heads one layer deep on a screen, somewhere airy and out of direct sun, stirring now and then for several days.

Note

Self-sows freely and can spread if you let it.

Hardiness

Grown as an annual.

Plant height

15–24".

Scientific name

Matricaria recutita

Packet

200 seeds.

Seeds per oz.

About 300,200 on average.

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