MEXICAN TARRAGON
CLASSIC FLAVOUR PARTNERS
Parsley, Chives, Spring Onions, Garlic, Lime Basil.
CLASSIC FOOD PARTNERS
Chicken, Fish, Eggs, Mushrooms, Sauces, Butters, Vinegars.
COOKING
Acceptable substitute for French Tarragon. However it has a much stronger sweet aniseed flavour and lacks the piquant warmth of French Tarragon.
HERB TEA
Fresh leaves make a very sweet uplifting herb tea.
PEST CONTROL
Stunning yellow autumn flower display attracts beneficial predator insects such as ladybirds into the garden.
CULTIVATION
Perennial to 90 cm high x 60 cm wide.
BOTANIC NAME
Tagetes lucida