Comments on: How to Grow Chamomile

on 10/12/2006 To get the most out of your chamomile, cut the flower tops off towards the end of spring while they are in their prime and before they die. This will give you the best tasting chamomile with potentcy and it will keep the plants alive longer. A plant's main goal in its brief life is to reproduce. By cutting off the flowers, you encourage the rest of the plant to grow bigger and healthier. By leaving dead flowers on a plant, the plant may die from stress. Trim the flowers off in the spring, cut the plant back in the fall.

on 11/22/2005 If you do not take care of the Chamomile plant properly, it can get out of hand. It will start to look like a shrubby, dead plant. Pruning once or twice a month might be necessary, depending on how fast your plant grows. This is one of the most successful plants I have ever seen. I would recommend this to any garderner, experienced or not. Chamomile is such a great plant, and it is wonderful-looking wherever you put it.

on 11/22/2005 I have German chamomile and beware. It grows and spreads like a weed.The seeds even spread into your lawn and start growing. Still a gorgeous herb.