German Chamomile Flower Seeds
- Common Use: Typically grown for its sweet, daisy-like flowers, which are a common ingredient in sleepy time teas.
- Foliage: Fern-like
- Height: Upright, 1-2 feet
- Self-Seeding: Yes
- Direct Sow: Scatter seeds on soil bed and cover lightly. Keep the soil bed moist until germination. Thin young plants 8” apart.
- Transplant: Sow seeds indoors in flats or containers 1/8“ deep. Chamomile seeds need light, warmth, and moisture to germinate. Transplant seedlings when they are 1-2” high, spacing plants 8” apart.
- Time: Early morning, before the heat of the sun
- Method: Pick fresh flowers, leaving some to self-seed if desired.
- Flowers can be used fresh or dried in tea, bath products, desserts, or as beautiful, sweet garnishes.
Tea anyone? This variety is the ideal type for making tea. A self seeding annual that will continue to produce flowers for you as long as you keep picking them. Chamomile tea is a great warm drink before bed as it has soothing and calming properties similar to lavender. Low growing, prefers full sun but is ok in partial shade.
Details
Days to Maturity: 70
Seeds per pack: 50
Germination Rate: 96%
Heirloom