Planting guide

When to plant french tarragon

Delicate aniseed leaves for chicken, fish and eggs; buy plants, not seed. In Melbourne it goes in Mar, Sep, Oct, Nov.

Start as: Potted plant
Ready in: 9–13 wks
Spacing: 45 cm
Depth: 0 cm
Sun: Full sun (6+ hours)
Water: Regular
Effort: Some care
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means french tarragon 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 french tarragon

Plant a bought plant or root division; true French tarragon rarely sets seed.
Use free-draining soil and avoid wet feet.
Pick sprigs often through the warm months.
It dies back in winter; divide the clump every 3 years.

French Tarragon varieties

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

French Tarragon Classicpot-friendly · 9–13 wksThe true culinary tarragon with fine aniseed flavour
Russian Tarragon Classiccold-hardy · heavy-cropper · 9–13 wksHardier and easy from seed, but a milder flavour

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