Planting guide

When to plant chamomile

Dainty white daisies with golden centres for tea, borders and pollinators. In Melbourne it goes in Mar, Apr, May, Aug, Sep, Oct.

Start as: Seed, sown in place
Flowers in: 8–11 wks
Spacing: 20 cm
Depth: 0.2 cm
Sun: Full sun (6+ hours)
Water: Regular
Effort: Easy
Colours: white, yellow
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means chamomile can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sydney	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Melbourne	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Brisbane	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Perth	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Adelaide	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Gold Coast	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Newcastle	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Sunshine Coast	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Canberra	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Central Coast	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Geelong	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Wollongong	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Hobart	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Townsville	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Cairns	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Toowoomba	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Darwin	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Ballarat	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Mandurah	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Bendigo	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Launceston	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Mackay	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Rockhampton	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Coffs Harbour	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Blue Mountains	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Bunbury	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Bundaberg	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Alice Springs	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Mildura	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Port Macquarie	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Wellington	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Christchurch	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
London	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Manchester	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Edinburgh	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Dublin	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
New York City	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Los Angeles	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Chicago	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Seattle	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Austin	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Toronto	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Vancouver	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cape Town	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Johannesburg	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	○	○
Singapore	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mumbai	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Paris	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Berlin	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○

How to plant chamomile

Scatter seed on the surface and press in; it needs light.
Thin to 20cm.
Pick flowers when fully open and dry them for tea.
Let a few go to seed to come back each year.

Chamomile varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

German chamomile Classicheirloom · 9–11 wksSold by Diggers, Happy Valley, Seeds of Plenty
Lawn chamomile Classic12–14 wksSold by Diggers
Roman chamomile Classic8–11 wksSold by Happy Valley