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BASIL Blue Spice
Ocimum basilicum
Stock: Available
Family: Lamiaceae
Characteristics: Annual culinary herb
Seed per packet: 100
This new basil has a spicy fragrance with a vanilla, fruity fragrance overtone.
Use this basil with any of your dishes requiring a sweet basil flavour such as chicken and fruit dishes, marinades, dressings and dips.
It also has ornamental qualities, the flowers are light purple with deep purple bracts.
Adaptable to most well-drained soil in a protected sunny position with an adequate amount of water.
Tropical: Spring-summer-autumn
Temperate: Spring to early autumn
Cold: Spring to early autumn
Sow: 3mm deep
Best sown direct in growing position, thin to 20cm apart
Plant space: 20cm
Row Space: 20cm
Germination: 6-10 days
Maturity: 6 weeks
