100 TARRAGON - French / Kitchen / Common / Dragons Wort - Artemisia Dracunculus Flower Herb Seeds BLOOM TIME: Spring . . . HARVEST: 85 Days HARDINESS ZONE: 4 - 8 . . . COLOR: White Flowers PLANT HEIGHT: 24 - 36" . . . PLANT SPACING: 18 - 24" LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade . . . SOIL / WATER: Average - Dry Tarragon is an herb that has a licorice or anise-like flavor, and is used in herbal vinegars and as flavoring for fish, chicken, egg dishes, stews, & sauces. It is an essential ingredient in French cuisine and is the main flavoring in Bearnaise sauce. It is a small perennial shrub and it is a Swallowtail Butterfly host plant. Tarragon also makes a wonderful companion plant because most pests do not like it, and it is also said to enhance the growth and flavor of nearby veggies. This plant tolerates heat very well.