FREE: Heirloom Herb ✽ THAI BASIL ✽ 15 Seeds ✽ Organic

The listing, Heirloom Herb ✽ THAI BASIL ✽ 15 Seeds ✽ Organic has ended.

This exotic Thai Basil is a beautiful bloomer and useful culinary herb! Thai basil has a distinct, but subtle licorice flavor which is perfect for stir fries and soups. Just rubbing one of this basil's small, delicate leaves between your fingers releases a wonderful anise aroma. The purple blooms of this lovely culinary herb are very ornamental and do not effect the flavor as much as that of the Italian basils. Thai Basil plants are wonderful additions to arrangements or grown alongside your flowers for texture and aroma. Basils are also fantastic natural pest repellents and companion plants to grow along tomatoes. They are extremely easy to care for. I believe the "strong shall survive" in my garden. You will appreciate my motto.

Family: Lamiaceae (lay-mee-AY-see-ee)
Genus: Ocimum (OSS-ih-mum)
Species: x citriodorum (sit-ree-oh-DOR-um)

Category:
Annuals
Herbs

Height:
18-24 in. (45-60 cm)

Spacing:
18-24 in. (45-60 cm)

Hardiness: Annual Herb

This Auction: You will be receiving 15 seeds from my
garden. They will be sent First Class mail. I am happy to say that my seeds tested 99-100% germination within 2 weeks at a temp of 65°F in the spring of 2012. Excellent for beginners!

Propagation Method: From seed, sow seeds indoors 6 weeks before last spring frost. Sow 3-5 seeds per pot. About 10 days before the last spring frost, begin hardening the plants to the outdoors. Transplant your plants to a sunny location.