Basil

Basil

Basil comes in hundreds of different shapes, sizes and flavors. The most common herb found in the home garden. Try growing several varieties and testing different flavors with different meals. Basil can easily be grown in the kitchen window, containers or in the home garden.

Learn More

How to Grow Basil

The Purple Ruffles Basil is a large, heavily ruffled and fringed dark purple leaf variety with beautiful pink-purple flowers. This All-American Selections winner basil is the perfect pop of color for herb gardens or a flower border. This basil produces a sweet fragrance and flavor that is wonderful as a garnish in salads, soups, pasta or drinks.

The Mrs. Burns Basil is a customer favorite that is known for its deliciously sweet and tangy lemon-lime flavor and scent! This popular basil variety has many wonderful culinary uses. The Mrs. Burns blooms pinky blooms that add a beautiful pop of color.

The Lemon Basil is a very attractive and deliciously fragrant basil plant that offers such great smelling light green leaves! This variety's small,  beautiful fragrant leaves on its compact plants delightfully combine the flavors of lemon and basil. The Lemon Basil is an excellent choice for fresh or dried use.

The Thai Basil is a highly ornamental and fragrant variety that produces deep green leaves with beautiful purple stems and blossoms. This variety has a distinctive flavor combination of cloves and mint with a delicate sweetness. You can use both its leaves and flowers in recipes as well as a garnish.

The Culinary Blend is the perfect basil blend for a kitchen herb garden, as it offers both sweet and savory types of basil. This delicious blend contains: Genovese, Corsican, Lemon and Lime basil. Enjoy this mix for drying, freezing or using fresh!

The Genovese Basil is an old popular heirloom basil variety that has a very strong tangy scent that is favored by many chefs. The 2" long dark green leaves of the Genovese basil are slow to bolt.

The Cinnamon Basil is most widely known for its beautiful cut flower use, but its leaves have a spicy cinnamon-like flavor! This variety has strong violet stems and veining with lavender flowers, that give off a great scent in many bouquets.

The Red Rubin Basil is a reliable, popular red basil variety that produces beautiful dark red leaves that are perfect for home gardens! These dark red leaves have a great flavor and aroma. The Red Rubin is a wonderful variety for adding color to salads and meals.

The Sweet High Oil Basil has beautiful leaves that have a wonderful sweet flavor, making it perfect for pestos, sauces and salads! This organic heirloom basil is great for an outdoor or indoor herb garden. The large leaves of the Sweet High Oil can be used fresh or dried. Enjoy the sun-loving Sweet High Oil year after year! Certified Organic. Learn more about our organic seeds.

The Sweet Genovese Basil is a popular Italian variety that is prized for its large leaves, wonderful aroma and spicy flavor. If you are making pesto, than this is the basil for you! This basil variety's plants will grow to be 18-24” tall. Make successive sowings for a steady supply and make sure to dry or freeze some for winter use! Certified Organic. Learn more about our organic seeds.

Just like in its name, the Lime Basil produces leaves that are bright green and have a very unique lime scent and flavor. This unusual basil is a very good for a variety for its culinary uses.

An Italian large-leaf with good Fusarium Wilt resistance. Excellent for gardens, fields and greenhouse growing. Great floral scent and flavor.