Light
Full sun in an open position.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Mexican Tarragon
Tagetes lucida · Mexican Tarragon
Herbs · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
Mexican tarragon has narrow aromatic leaves and small golden-yellow flowers.
A space where it can thrive
Grow as a cultivated garden crop in a bed or suitably sized container. The illustrated nursery pot is a presentation, not a recommendation for the mature plant’s root space.
Ask about availabilityAvailability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.
Studio illustration. Appearance varies with age, variety and growing conditions.
Your care routine
Watering
Water during establishment and dry weather; let excess moisture drain.
Soil & drainage
Warm, sunny, freely draining soil.
Temperature
Frost-tender crop: start with warmth and move outside only after cold weather has passed.
Planting
Start indoors and transplant after frost. Pinch young tips for a bushier plant.
Harvest
Cut leafy shoot tips while retaining healthy growth; leave some yellow flowers for pollinators.
Through the seasons
This is Tagetes lucida, a tender plant with yellow flowers, not French tarragon. Protect it from frost.
When your plant needs help
- This Tagetes lucida needs warmth and frost protection; it is a different plant from French tarragon.
Pets & little ones
This guide covers a cultivated garden crop. Confirm the identity and the edible part before harvesting; wash produce and keep unverified plants away from children and pets.
Grow with your neighbourhood store.
Independent, family-owned and right here in Uptown New Westminster. Browse before your visit and keep this guide handy at home.
Visit The Golden BazaarCare references
Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.