Take care
Toxic to dogs, cats and horses: its oils can cause vomiting and diarrhea. Safe for people in culinary amounts; the oils, especially in the roots, can irritate skin.
Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
Plant out around your last spring frost. Space plants 18 in (46 cm) apart.
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
When to plant
Timed from your frost dates, so it holds wherever you garden. Give yours and every step below becomes a date.
Optimal Transplant
From a plantRecommended from a plant- Plant outaround your last spring frost
Optimal Division
RootRecommended root- Plant outaround your last spring frost
Growing tarragon
- Spacing in the row
- 18 in (46 cm)
- Between rows
- 30 in (76 cm)
- Sun
- Full Sun
- Hardy to
- USDA zone 4
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Feeding
- How often
- Rarely: lean, well-drained soil gives the strongest flavour. Rich soil makes French tarragon straggly and short-lived; at most a light feed in spring on poor soil.
Your tarragon, planned to the day.
Canopy turns these timings into dates from your own frost data, places every plant at its spacing on your garden map, and tracks it all the way to harvest.