Lemon Basil, Heirloom, Organic

Narrow leaf basil from Southeast Asia with delightfully strong aroma and lemony flavor.

Hugh Mowing Organic Seeds - Delicious with fish and in salad dressings. Flowering stalks can be added to bouquets to lend a wonderful lemony fragrance. A smaller-leaf variety, reaching 15" tall.

• Organic & Open-Pollinated
• Specialty variety
• Nice bouquet flower

Instructions - Sow seeds outdoors when soil is warm and temperature does not drop below 65°F. Can also be started indoors 4-6 weeks before planting out. Make successive sowings for continuous summer supplies. Pinch back flower stalks as they appear to keep plants from bolting. Prefers rich well-drained soil.

Sow 1/8" deep

Germination 5-30 days

Thin to 4-6" apart

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