"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:32:20 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
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>> Actually, it has hit 31°C today - the hottest we've had this summer -
>> but still quite cool inside the house and the shade houses, I reckon
>> the tarragon would handle it okay.
>
> How cold does it get there? I tried to buy Tarragon at the nursery
> today and was out of luck. They told me they don't sell it this time
> of year and the person I talked to said hers doesn't like it in San
> Francisco. She says her French Tarragon is 3 years old, grows just a
> few inches during the growing season and then dies back. Do you find
> that tarragon is deciduous? She says it dies back to the ground every
> year.
>
Doesn't sound like the French variety!
Mine grows about 3 feet tall every year and dies back in the severe winters
here.