Mexican Tarragon Live Plant | Tagetes lucida | Sweet Anise Herb Starter Plant for Tea & Cooking

Enjoy the sweet fragrance and culinary versatility of Mexican Tarragon, a greenhouse-grown starter live plant prized for its aromatic anise-scented foliage, vibrant golden-yellow flowers, and long blooming season. Tagetes lucida, commonly known as Mexican Tarragon, Sweet Mace, or Texas Tarragon, is a tender perennial herb valued as a flavorful substitute for French tarragon in warm climates. Its fragrant leaves are perfect for seasoning poultry, seafood, eggs, sauces, vinegars, herbal teas, desserts, and traditional Mexican cuisine. Its nectar-rich flowers also attract bees, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators. With proper care, it may produce blooms under suitable growing conditions.

Mexican Tarragon thrives in full sun and well-draining soil. Its glossy green foliage remains attractive throughout the growing season, while clusters of bright golden-yellow flowers bloom from late summer through fall, providing valuable nectar when many other flowers have faded. Once established, this heat- and drought-tolerant herb is easy to grow and performs beautifully in herb gardens, pollinator gardens, patio containers, and edible landscapes.

You will receive one healthy, greenhouse-grown Mexican Tarragon starter live plant, carefully packaged for safe arrival.

🌿 What's Included

• 1 Mexican Tarragon Starter Live Plant
• Healthy starter live plant
• Greenhouse-grown plant
• Carefully packaged for shipping

✨ Features

• Sweet anise-licorice scented foliage
• Excellent culinary substitute for French tarragon
• Bright golden-yellow flowers
• May produce blooms under suitable growing conditions
• Long blooming season from late summer into fall
• Attracts bees, butterflies, and beneficial pollinators
• Heat and drought tolerant once established
• Ideal for herb gardens, containers, and edible landscapes
• Easy-care tender perennial
• Greenhouse grown for healthy establishment

🌱 Growing Information

• Botanical Name: Tagetes lucida
• Common Name: Mexican Tarragon, Sweet Mace, Texas Tarragon
• Plant Size: Starter live plant
• Light: Full sun
• Growing Media: Well-draining, moderately fertile soil
• Water: Water regularly during establishment, then allow the soil to dry slightly between waterings
• Humidity: Moderate humidity
• USDA Hardiness: Zones 8–11 (grown as an annual in cooler climates)
• Mature Size: Approximately 24–36 inches tall and 18–24 inches wide, depending on growing conditions

🌼 Perfect For

• Herb Gardens
• Culinary Gardens
• Tea Gardens
• Pollinator Gardens
• Raised Beds
• Patio Containers
• Edible Landscapes
• Gifts for Gardeners