Lemon Basil / Hoary Basil (Ocimum americanum) seeds

Asian basil variety with lemony flavour.
Contents: Approx. 200 seeds
Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly

€2.49

Product number: OCI01 GTIN: 4250601203249

Description

Lemon Basil (Ocimum americanum var. citriodorum), which stems from South East Asia and Australia, has a markedly noble lemon flavour with slight camphor, cinnamon, and lavender touch. It's perfectly suitable for sweet dishes and for garnishing desserts. But also as a spice for salads, for herbal sauces, or delicious pesto, it's well usable.

The large leaves grow on the near-ground end of the thick stalk while the upper part enormously shoots up later in the season and bears plenty of white or lavender-coloured blossoms. Therefore, it's also a good decorative and honey plant.

Lifecycle	Perennial
Species	Lamiaceae
Characteristics	Needs light to germinate, Not winter-hardy
Flower colour	White
Flowering months	August, July, June, September
Main harvest	August, July, September

When to sow outdoors	April, June, May
Sowing depth	0 cm
Germination temperature	18-24° C
Germination time	1-2 weeks
Sunlight	Full sun
Planting distance	20 cm
Bad companion plants	Melisse, Sage, Savory, Thyme

Sowing and care

Sowing indoors in pots from mid-March or directly outdoors from mid-May. Basil seeds need light to germinate. Therefore, only scatter the seeds on the moist soil and press them onto it gently.
The plant is very frost-sensitive and, therefore, only annual in our climate zone.
This variety reaches approx. 20-30cm in height.
Prefers warm, humous-rich, loose, sandy soils and sunny locations. Doesn't like windy locations.
Family: Lamiaceae (mint family)

Other names

Botanical name: Ocimum americanum var. citriodorum, O. canum, O. brachiatum

German: Zitronenbasilikum, Campherbasilikum

English: American basil, Hoary Basil

Manufacturer information: Magic Garden Seeds GmbH | Junkersstraße 7 | 93055 Regensburg, Germany | service@magicgardenseeds.com | https://www.magicgardenseeds.com

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