Tarragon (French) in Zone 10b
Artemisia dracunculus
Method: Buy as a start — Buy as a nursery start and transplant outside — Tarragon (French) is slow or unreliable from seed, so most gardeners skip seed-starting it entirely.
| Window | Spring window |
|---|---|
| Start indoors | Not started from seed — buy as a nursery start |
| Direct sow / transplant outside | Mar–Apr |
| Estimated harvest | ~65 days after transplanting |
| Window | Fall window |
|---|---|
| Start indoors | Not started from seed — buy as a nursery start |
| Direct sow / transplant outside | Oct–Nov |
| Estimated harvest | ~65 days after transplanting |
Spacing: 1 per square foot (square-foot-gardening spacing).
Zone 10b dates sourced from growinginthegarden.com.
Good companions
No standout companions recorded yet for Tarragon (French).
Where to buy tarragon (french) starts
Tarragon (French) is almost always bought as a nursery start rather than seeded — check a local nursery or garden center; we haven't vetted online start/plant suppliers yet.
See it growing
Search YouTube for "growing tarragon (french)" videos → (a live search, not a hand-picked video — results vary and aren't vetted by us)
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