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Why won't my camomile flower?

davidhuntdavidhunt Posts: 7
edited August 2020 in Problem solving
My camomile is spreading nicely -- the photos taken today are grown from two small originals planted last summer. But I am wondering why it has not flowered at all. Any theories?

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  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    You can get non flowering varieties
  • davidhuntdavidhunt Posts: 7
    Thanks @K67, that certainly could be one explanation.  :D I was sure the label was for the usual Chamaemelum nobile, but I suppose it could have been mislabelled. How can I determine if I've got a non-flowering variety? (Aside from it never producing any flowers.)  ;)
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Chamomile is less likely to flower if it is treated too well, prospers in poorer, very well drained soil so it may just be too happy!   :) 
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • davidhuntdavidhunt Posts: 7
    edited August 2020
    You could be onto something there, @herbaceous. The garden was started from scratch last year, beginning with adding two inches of manure all over, into which the chamomile and others were planted. So might just need to wait a while for those lovely white chamomile flower to appear!
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    edited August 2020
    Alternatively, as K67 says, you may have Chamaemelum nobile 'Treneague' which is the evergreen lawn variety and tends to form mats of foliage but no flowers.  It isn't easy to tell them apart  :) Part of the fun of gardening!
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • davidhuntdavidhunt Posts: 7
    I guess time will tell, one way or the other! I'll just have to not feed it for the next couple of years and see what happens.
  • davidhuntdavidhunt Posts: 7
    It looks like the solution was to post about it on here.  :D A chamomile flower has appeared! 
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Lovely, so pleased for you  :)  "All good things come to those who wait"  
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
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