An essential ingredient in Italian cooking. Bright green leaves provide a lift to tomato dishes, are fantastic with mozzarella and tomato or blitz to make pesto.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 x Seed Pack | £3.00 | In stock | ||
| 1 x 9cm Potted Plant | £3.00 | Out of stock* | ||
| 1 x 1 Litre Potted Plant | £4.75 | Out of stock* |
Sweet Basil is perhaps the most popular basil variety with its large bright green leaves and the traditional basil scent. Flower buds should be pinched out to encourage a bushy plant and plenty of leaf growth. It is used extensively in Mediterranean dishes such as pesto. It also adds flavour to salads and tomato dishes.
Sweet Basil will grow well on a sunny windowsill. It is susceptible to the cold so only plant Basil outside after all danger of frost has passed but this can still be challenging in the UK with just one cold day/night may damage the plant. Ideally grown in containers in a sheltered, sunny spot or in well-drained soil. Plant can be kept in a pot all summer, just ensure you pot it into a slightly larger container when roots show through the drainage holes in the bottom, with the final pot being 20cm (8″) diameter.
Try to water Basil in the morning as it dislikes having wet roots overnight. Keep plants bushy and productive by pinching the tips of branches regularly and remove any flowers that start to develop. Basil is often planted as a companion for tomatoes to help deter whitefly.
Also known as Genovese, common basil, Greek royal, kiss-me-Nicholas
Please note 1 x Seed Pack = Approximately 170 Seeds
An approximate number of seeds in each packet is given. Seeds are hand packed by weight, not counted individually.
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Each week the plants to complete orders are selected from the nursery, packaged and dispatched daily, with plants usually delivered to you the next day. Each potted plant will arrive individually wrapped and the greatest of care will be given to ensure they arrive fresh and there is no damage during transportation. Orders aren't sent out on a Friday to reduce the risk of plants still being in transit over the weekend, although in our experience if plants are delayed we find they usually travel very well.
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Many plants are 'ready now' and available to dispatch in the current dispatch cycle whilst other plants can be 'pre-ordered' to be be delivered in a few weeks. Hetty may at her discretion sometimes chose to split an order for no additional charge.
Delivery is charged for most mainland UK addresses at £6.00 or £3.00 for orders of only seeds. For orders over £50 delivery is free for most mainland UK addresses. Delivery to parts of Scotland and the Scottish Highlands and Island will incur an additional delivery charge which will automatically be added at the checkout. Please note that we are unable to offer delivery to the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland, Scottish Islands, Channel Islands or to any address outside of the UK at the present time.
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