PlantsHerbs & Teas
Chamomile
Matricaria chamomilla
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Self-sowing tea flower
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- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry–medium
- Mature size
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jun–Aug
- How it spreads
- Annual
- What to buy
- Direct sow.
- When to plant
- Sow April. It reseeds.
In the design
German chamomile is the annual tea plant. Roman chamomile is a lawn perennial and a different crop.
If you eat it
Flower heads for tea
Use the flowers you grew. People with ragweed allergy sometimes react.
Only eat what you planted and can name. This is not a foraging or medical guide.
