In fall, throw in a few blooms to float in your tea, it looks lovely and adds even more flavor and color. In summer, I love to steep a handful of Mexican mint marigold leaves and a handful of ...

Then I came upon Mexican mint marigold, a plant that was unfamiliar to me. As I recall, it was growing in a 4-inch pot and the scanty label information said it grew in full sun, loved heat and ...

Texas tarragon (Tagetes lucida), also called Mexican Mint Marigold or Mexican tarragon, is a tough perennial winter-hardy to Zone 7, making it a good plant for North Texas. The long, thin leaves ...

Safer to stick to its proper Japanese name, komatsuna. So it was with some trepidation that I sowed something called Mexican mint marigold this year. It’s the new kid on the herb block ...

I also grow Mexican mint marigold (a tarragon substitute) and summer thyme. In this horrible bone-dry and scorching hot summer heat, all but the rosemary have to be watered several times each week.