Mexican Tarragon Seeds (Organic)

Mexican Tarragon is a hardy, heat-tolerant herb prized for its aromatic, anise-flavored leaves and cheerful yellow flowers. The slender, dark green leaves have a bold, licorice-like flavor, making them an excellent substitute for French tarragon in recipes. Thriving in full sun and well-draining soil, Mexican Tarragon grows quickly, reaching about 18-24 inches tall. Regular pruning encourages fresh growth and ensures a continuous supply of flavorful leaves throughout the growing season. Whether you’re using it to flavor sauces, soups, and teas, or growing it for its beauty, Mexican Tarragon is a versatile and rewarding addition to any garden.

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Tagetes lucida
• Plant type: Tender Perennial
• Growth habit: Upright
• Crop category: Vegetable
• Kitchen profile: Mexican Tarragon is a hardy, heat-tolerant herb prized for its aromatic, anise-flavored leaves and cheerful yellow flowers.
• Recorded feature: Fragrant
• Product format: Seed packet with a separately listed bulk option

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: 60-70°F
• Planting Depth: 1/2"
• Germination: 7-14 Days
• Height At Maturity: 2'
• Days to Maturity: 90-100 Days
• Sun/Shade: Full to Partial Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 18"

Use the product-specific sowing figures for Mexican Tarragon as the starting point, then adjust timing to local soil temperature and frost conditions. Prepare the bed before planting, preserve the recorded spacing, and evaluate moisture at root depth instead of following a universal calendar. Watch development as the stated maturity window approaches and harvest at the size, texture, or color preferred for the crop. Label the row with the sowing date so actual performance can inform future plantings.

Add this fragrant and vibrant herb to your herb collection for a touch of bold flavor and ornamental appeal.

Yellow-orange flowers top the branches of this Mexican native from the marigold family.

Long leaves are even more flavorful than French Tarragon, with more anise.

Before sowing Mexican Tarragon, review the packet alongside the current product details and note any range in temperature, germination, or maturity. Ranges reflect biological and seasonal variation rather than a fixed promise. Label each planting with its date and location, then compare emergence, growth, and harvest with local weather. This record is useful for succession plantings and for deciding whether the crop fits better into an earlier or later seasonal window.

Use a dated label for Mexican Tarragon and compare actual emergence, growth, and harvest or bloom timing with the ranges in the current record. Local soil, temperature, light, moisture, and planting date can shift results. Keep observations with the remaining packet so the next sowing can be adjusted without replacing product-specific measurements with a universal calendar.

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