Drink in all the benefits of brewing your own chamomile

Put the kettle on, make a cuppa and read on to see why Fiann Ó Nualláin loves this tipple

I am a big fan of chamomile tea. Not just for what it does for the gardener but what it does for the garden. So before we look at its human health benefits let’s just look at its horticultural benefits. Chamomile is a generic name for two different but similar species: Matricaria recutita (German chamomile) and Chamaemelum nobile (Roman chamomile). The German variety is annual and often self-seeding, the Roman is perennial and mat-forming. The German plant often features in wild meadow seed mixes; the Roman one is the sort that makes a chamomile lawn. They are used interchangeably in herbalism and in their organic gardening applications.