When to plant tarragon?
- Botanical name
- Artemisia dracunculus
- Family
- Asteraceae
Tarragon is planted from April to June. It is harvested from April to October. It is cut back from March to April.
Tarragon is a perennial plant. The edible parts are the leaves and seeds.
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Tarragon through the year
- planting
- harvest
- cutting back
In short
Growing conditions
Pests and diseases
Listed here is every problem for which the sources name this plant as a host. The problems are not listed in order of how common they are.
Powdery mildew
disease- Signs
- A white, floury coating spreads over the leaves, first on the lower and older ones. The leaf under it yellows and dries up. The fruit stays small, because the plant loses leaf surface.
- Prevention
- Plant resistant varieties, leave an airy spacing and sun, and clear the debris at the end of the season. Unlike most fungi it is not helped by wet foliage, since it spreads in heat and high air humidity, in a dry summer too.
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Related plants
The plants below are in the same botanical family (Asteraceae).
Sources about the plant: ASPCA Toxic and Non-Toxic Plants, Colorado State University Extension, GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, NC State Extension Plant Toolbox, Penn State Extension, Royal Horticultural Society, Utah State University Extension, Wikidata. Checked between 14 and 28 August 2026. The problem descriptions also draw on: Clemson Cooperative Extension, KGZS, UF/IFAS Extension, University of Maryland Extension, University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension.