Genovese Basil
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Original price
$3.00
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Original price
$15.00
Original price
$3.00
$3.00
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$15.00
Current price
$3.00
Ocimum basilicum (Genovese Basil)
Genovese basil is a popular cultivar of Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil), widely used in culinary dishes such as pesto, the traditional Genoese sauce. This annual plant should be spaced in an 18-inch circle. Five plants will provide enough basil for fresh pesto and for freezing to use throughout the winter. Best suited for Zones 6-10.
Plant Characteristics:
- Disease Resistance: Excellent
- Drought Tolerance: Good
- Heat Tolerance: Excellent
- Humidity Tolerance: Excellent
- Sun Tolerance: Excellent
- Wet Soil Tolerance: Poor
- No Spray: Excellent
- Salt Tolerance: Good
- Fresh for Kids: Good
- Thorns: None
- Soil Type: Well Drained
- Edible Type: Leaf
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