Container Gardening

Chamomile is great for herbal teas as well as healing, I will show you how to grow it, you can figure out how to use it! Chamomile is easy to grow in containers or in small herb gardens so it should be suitable for growing in your garden however big or small it is.

There are 3 main different plants sold under the name ‘Chamomile’.

Double Chamomile – This is often solid as a small plant by garden centers. They are harder to grow from seeds so are often divisions from other plants

German Strain – This is an annual chamomile which is quick to grow. They produce an abundance of flowers over the summer months.

Roman Chamomile – This is the perennial version, these plants are generally a little larger with less flowers.

Germination of the seeds is not high and you should expect a germination rate of about 50%. Sow the seeds in March and a temperature of around 55-65F being careful not to cover the seeds as they do require a small amount of light for germination.

Once the seedlings are a few inches tall you can transplant them into larger pots. Chamomile seedlings don’t mind being transplanted but the larger plants hate being moved.

Harden the plants off to outdoor temperatures and once all risk of frost has gone you can plant them outdoors or just keep them outdoors in pots.

Soon after the plants will start to produce flowers which can be harvested, if you are growing a double flowered variety the plants may produce another set of flowers later in the year.

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