Basil Classic Italian
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Basil 'Classic Italian' Seeds
This is the essential, authentic taste of Italy, straight from your garden. Our 'Classic Italian' Basil (a 'Genovese' type) is the basil for making perfect pesto, topping a margherita pizza, or tearing over a fresh caprese salad. It produces large, fragrant, tender green leaves with that classic, sweet, and peppery flavour. Incredibly easy to grow on a sunny windowsill or in a patio pot.
A short-lived annual that is sensitive to frost, basil does well in pots. It can be sown any time from late spring to summer in a tunnel, greenhouse, conservatory or on a sunny windowsill.
| Quantity of Seeds | 500 Seeds |
| Type | Half-Hardy Annual |
| Genus | Ocimum Basillicum |
| Sow Seeds |
Sow seeds 0.5cm deep into small trays of seed compost, and cover them with a sprinkling of seed compost/vermiculite. Keep at a temperature of 15-25℃. Alternatively, sow outside from late May to early July. Prick out seedlings into individual pots when large enough. Do not overwater. Basil hates sitting in wet compost |
| Plant Out | When all risk of frost has passed. Basil does not like wet soil. |
| Flowers | All Year Round |
| Height & Spread | 20cm high x 20cm spread |
