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Organic Basil Sweet Green

Item # 05893-PK-P1
$1.65
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A must-have for the kitchen garden!

These green leaves are strongly aromatic and very profuse on bushy, well-branched plants.
<#image#"/misc/usdaorganicclemson.gif" vspace="4" hspace="6" border="0" align="right">58 days. The best Basil for making delectable homemade pesto, Sweet Green is a joy of a plant, strongly aromatic with that heady spicy scent, well-branched, and very vigorous. It thrives in any hot, sunny well-drained soil, filling garden or home with the aroma we associate with mouth-watering Neapolitan cuisine!

As its name suggests, Sweet Green has a hint of sugary goodness among the spice in its bite. It is unrivalled for fresh, straight-from-the-garden goodness in pesto and with tomato, mozzarella, and vinegar. But it also cooks well, and is suitable for drying as a spice. Very vigorous, it the plant benefits from several pinches during its early months to increase its bushiness. To extend the harvest, you may want to pinch off the first blooms as they bud out too. Begin picking this plant in midsummer and continue right up to frost!

Reaching 24 inches high and 18 to 24 inches wide, Sweet Green Basil is ideal for containers as well as the garden. If left unpinched it will set white flowers in late summer and autumn, followed by plentiful seeds that will self-sow. And with our Certified Organic seed, you can be assured of growing only the best, most natural Basil, just the way Mother Nature intended! Pkt is 100 seeds.

Genus Ocimum
Species basilicum
Bloom Season Late Summer - Early Fall
Days To Maturity 58
Habit Mound-shaped
Plant Height 24 in
Plant Width 20 in - 24 in
Item Form Seeds
Additional Characteristics Easy Care Plants, Edible, Fragrance, Herbs, Indoor Growing
Bloom Color White
Bloom Season Fall
Foliage Color Medium Green
Harvest Season Early Fall, Late Summer, Mid Summer
Light Requirements Full Sun
Moisture Requirements Dry, Moist,  well-drained
Resistance Heat Tolerant
Soil Tolerance Normal,  loamy
Uses Beds, Containers, Cuisine, Outdoor

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