basil 'Mrs Burns' Lemon'
Ocimum basilicum Mrs Burns' Lemon basil
- approx 250 seeds
- £2.99
- In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
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- Position: Full sun, sheltered and warm or a sunny windowsill
- Soil: Fertile, moist but well drained
- Rate of growth: Average
- Hardiness: Tender (will need winter protection)
- Garden care: Pick plants over regularly and remove any developing flowerheads immediately to prevent bolting (running to seed) and to encourage lots of fresh young leaves.
- Sowing instructions: Sow seeds into pots of free-draining seed compost on a warm, sunny windowsill or in a greenhouse from late spring. Protect seedlings from slugs and cold and keep well-watered as they grow. Plant out into the herb garden or into roomy pots or troughs from early summer, after all threat of frost has passed, allowing 15-20cm between plants.
- Sow: April to June
- Harvest: July onwards
- Approximate quantity: 250 seeds
An aromatic and lemon-scented, upright perennial often grown as an annual, with a neat habit and fine mid-green leaves. Great for salads, pesto, and other cooked dishes, 'Mrs Burns' Lemon' shines with pretty white flowers held on spikes in summer that attract bees and other pollinating insects. Sow successively indoors for a year-round harvest or grow it outdoors in the herb garden or in pots through the summer months.
