How to grow... Chamomile
Rocket Growing Guides
Chamomile produces pretty daisy like white and yellow flowers in the summer, this herb is bursting with healthy vitamins and looks wonderful when in full bloom. It is a hardy perennial that will come back year after year.
- Chamomile Growing Guide
How to Plant Chamomile
- Ours is a German variety, which grows upright rather than spreading – it is used for making tea as opposed to planting a chamomile lawn
- Perfect for pots, or at the front of beds and borders.
- Choose a sunny spot
- Plant 25-30cm apart
- If growing in pots, 1 plant to a 15-20cm pot is about right, or 2-3 plants in a 30cm pot
How to Grow Chamomile
- Keep them watered during dry spells
- For longer flowering time, deadhead regularly.
- Cut back to 5cm above ground level at the end of autumn.
- Plants will easily re-seed, so leave them to produce seeds if you want extra plants to grow, or keep dead-heading to keep things under control!
- Plants in pots may benefit from a liquid season once or twice during the summer.
How to Harvest Chamomile
- Harvest flowers at full bloom to use for tea – steep the flowers in boiled water for a few minutes.
- Use flowers fresh or dried
Is Chamomile good for Companion Planting?
- It is definitely worth planting up a pot or two of chamomile to go with outdoor cucumbers and tomatoes – they are quite good at deterring aphids…
