If you love sweet basil for bruschetta or prefer pesto for pasta, Bonnie Plants™ Foodie Fresh™ Genovese Compact, Improved Basil grown from seed makes the perfect addition to your garden. The sweet, slightly spicy flavor of basil will inspire your culinary creations. This compact variety grows beautifully in containers, raised beds, or in-ground gardens and produces loads of fresh sweet basil, perfect for making batches of pesto or drying to use in recipes during the winter. Pick individual leaves as needed, or cut the entire plant to preserve basil for winter. Start seeds inside 4 weeks before transplanting outdoors, following the directions on the packet. Plant seeds 1/4" deep, cover with soil, and keep evenly moist. Seeds sprout in 5-7 days and need bright light after sprouting. Plant outside after danger of frost has passed. Space plants 4-8" apart. The plant matures in 74 days. Basil needs full sun and consistently moist, well-drained soil. Be sure to water your plant when the top inch of soil feels dry to the touch and feed regularly with Bonnie Plants™ Foodie Fresh™ Plant Food. Bonnie Plants™ Foodie Fresh™ seed varieties create culinary inspiration, adding delicious flavors, textures, and colors to your garden-to-table meals.
Classic sweet basil flavor in a compact plant, perfect for your herb garden
Great for making batches of pesto or drying to use in recipes during the winter
Start growing indoors 4 weeks before moving outside to container, raised bed, or in-ground garden
Enjoy the slightly peppery, sweet flavor of basil fresh in caprese salad or bruschetta; purée with olive oil for a delicious pesto to enjoy in winter; create a tasty vinaigrette; pair with goat cheese in pasta salad; or add to your favorite Thai recipe
Genovese Compact, Improved Basil grows 24-30 inches tall and matures in 74 days; the plant produces abundantly throughout the growing season; basil tastes best before flowering; protect from frost