Description

Transform your garden or patio with the elegance and utility of Everleaf Emerald Towers basil seeds. This standout variety features glossy emerald-green leaves and a unique columnar growth habit, perfect for containers or garden beds. Prolific and low-maintenance, it delays flowering by up to 12 weeks, ensuring tender, flavorful leaves for longer than other basil types. Whether as a culinary staple or a striking centerpiece in your outdoor space, this frost-sensitive annual grows up to 36″ tall and thrives in full sun to part shade.

25 seeds.

Variety Info:

Botanical Name: Ocimum basilicum
Family: Laminaceae
Native: Probably Africa, but in cultivation for so long that it cannot be verified.
Hardiness: Frost-sensitive annual
Plant Dimensions: 24″–36″ tall, 8″–12″ wide
Variety Information: Deep green, glossy leaves on a columnar plant, well-branching with short internodes
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Attributes: Good for Containers

Sowing Info:

When to Sow Outside: 1 to 2 weeks after your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 60°F, ideally 65°–85°F. Successive Sowings: We recommend 3 or 4 successive sowings every 3 weeks after initial sowing.
When to Start Inside: RECOMMENDED. 4 to 6 weeks before transplanting outside. Transplant when your nighttime temperatures are above 50°F.
Days to Emerge: 5 – 10 Days
Seed Depth: ¼”
Seed Spacing: A group of 2 seeds every 12″
Row Spacing: 12″
Thinning: When 2″ tall, thin to 1 every 12″

Growing Info:

Harvesting: Basil flavor is best before the plant flowers. Harvest up to 1/3 of the plant at a time, leaving enough for the plant to be healthy and keep producing. Harvest prior to a freeze; basil is very frost sensitive