Basil Lemon – Fresh Citrus-Flavoured Leaves for Cooking

Botanical Name: Ocimum basilicum
Seed Count: 300

Add a refreshing twist to your cooking with Lemon Basil. With its light citrus aroma and flavour, it’s delicious torn into salads and perfect with chicken and fish. Easy to grow and highly rewarding, this herb thrives in pots on patios or windowsills, so no garden is needed.

Why You’ll Love It:

• Fresh Lemon Flavour: Adds a citrus lift to salads, fish, and chicken dishes.

• Easy to Grow: Ideal for beginners and home cooks.

• Perfect for Pots: Grows well indoors or outdoors.

• Year-Round Harvests: Sow indoors for continual crops.

How to Grow:

• Indoors (All Year): Sow 0.5 cm deep in small pots of compost. Water well and keep warm (15–20°C).

• Seedlings: Appear in 7–14 days. Grow on in cooler, frost-free conditions.

• Outdoor Growing: Sow indoors March–May, harden off, and plant out May–June, spacing 20 cm apart.

• Direct Sow Outdoors: March–May into warm, well-drained soil. Thin to 20 cm apart.

• Successional Sowing: Sow every 2–3 weeks for a continuous supply.

Harvest:
Pick leaves as needed, ideally just before use. Outdoor crops can be harvested from June onwards.

Fresh, fragrant, and wonderfully versatile, Lemon Basil is a must-have herb for kitchens, patios, and windowsills alike. 🌿🍋