Organic chamomile

$4.49

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Organic feverfew is a bright and generous perennial that infuses the garden with a country charm full of softness and simplicity. With its small white flowers with a bright yellow center, Tanacetum parthenium evokes delicate daisies dancing in the wind and illuminating flowerbeds, borders, and herb gardens. Its finely cut foliage, medium to dark green, forms a light and elegant clump that remains decorative even before flowering. Highly appreciated by pollinators, it helps to enrich the garden's biodiversity while offering abundant and prolonged flowering. Known since antiquity for its traditional uses in herbal medicine, it also accompanies the gardener in the preparation of infusions and dried floral harvests. Easy to grow in well-drained soil and in the sun, it readily self-seeds when conditions are right, returning year after year with beautiful fidelity. Its presence creates a soothing, almost timeless atmosphere, like a corner of the garden where one likes to slow down and observe insects foraging. It is a plant that is at once medicinal, melliferous, and ornamental, ideal for uniting utility, beauty, and naturalness in the same space.

Growing conditions

Watering
Moderate
Exposure
Sun
Germination temperature
18 to 22°C (64 to 72°F)
Germination (days)
10 to 21 days

Growth & dimensions

Spread
30 to 45 cm (12 to 18 in)
Height
60 to 80 cm (24 to 32 in)
Sowing depth
0.3 cm (0.1 in)

Flowering & harvest

Flowering
June to September
Sowing period
March to June
Harvest
90 days after sowing
Use
Herbal tea, herbalism, cut flower, pollinators, ornamental garden
Companion plants
Mint, lavender, yarrow
Incompatible plants
None known