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| Brand: | Botanical Interests |
| Style: | BI5025 |
| Our Price: | $1.89 |
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Basil Siam Queen
Ocimum basilicum
Annual. This superior Thai basil was an All America Winner in 1997. It has a delicious, spicy sweet flavor with a licorice basil aroma. A compact plant with green leaves and beautiful pink & purple flowers on red-purple stems, it is a very attractive container variety and can be used as an accent in the flower garden. Thai basil is known to the Vietnamese as "Hung Que" (and eaten raw with noodle soup in the morning) and in Thailand as "Horapha". A distinct improvement over older varieties of Thai Basils, Siam Queen's yields are impressive, because the leaves are twice the size. (3" - 4" long and 1.5" - 2" wide). This packet plants 1 - 8 foot row.
When to sow outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after average last frost, and when temperatures are warm. Basil is very sensitive to frost.
When to start inside: 6 to 8 weeks before planting outside.
Special sowing instructions: Easy to grow from seed. Wait to sow until nighttime temperatures are above 50° F.
Harvesting: Basil should be harvested before the plant flowers. The leaves have more flavor when harvested in the morning. The young, top leaves taste the best, and should be used fresh; the older leaves may be used for vinegar and pesto. Cut a few stems but never more than 1/3 of the plant. Wash stems, gently shake dry, and strip the leaves off the stem. If there is any chance of temperature dropping to 32° F, harvest crop immediately; basil is very frost sensitive.
Artist: Renee Jorgensen
Ocimum basilicum
Annual. This superior Thai basil was an All America Winner in 1997. It has a delicious, spicy sweet flavor with a licorice basil aroma. A compact plant with green leaves and beautiful pink & purple flowers on red-purple stems, it is a very attractive container variety and can be used as an accent in the flower garden. Thai basil is known to the Vietnamese as "Hung Que" (and eaten raw with noodle soup in the morning) and in Thailand as "Horapha". A distinct improvement over older varieties of Thai Basils, Siam Queen's yields are impressive, because the leaves are twice the size. (3" - 4" long and 1.5" - 2" wide). This packet plants 1 - 8 foot row.
When to sow outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after average last frost, and when temperatures are warm. Basil is very sensitive to frost.
When to start inside: 6 to 8 weeks before planting outside.
Special sowing instructions: Easy to grow from seed. Wait to sow until nighttime temperatures are above 50° F.
Harvesting: Basil should be harvested before the plant flowers. The leaves have more flavor when harvested in the morning. The young, top leaves taste the best, and should be used fresh; the older leaves may be used for vinegar and pesto. Cut a few stems but never more than 1/3 of the plant. Wash stems, gently shake dry, and strip the leaves off the stem. If there is any chance of temperature dropping to 32° F, harvest crop immediately; basil is very frost sensitive.
Artist: Renee Jorgensen
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