Basil

Emily is specially bred for live plant sales (garden plant sales or grocery store). It has medium-sized Genova-type leaves, but very short internodes. The aroma is fantastic!

This is the Downy Mildew resistant basil we have been waiting for! It is a Genovese type with medium-sized-smooth, green leaves (slightly backrolled). The fragrance is perfect and clean. Use is versatile including cut, pots, and hydroponic. The habit is semi-compact and the Downy Mildew resistance is strong.

Produces an attractive bushy plant with popular aromatic leaves.

Produces an attractive bushy plant with popular aromatic leaves.

Intensely fragrant of lemon. Medium green pointed leaves. Compact bush plant habit 20-24″ tall.

Representing a new generation of disease resistance, Aya basil is perfect for field production and can also be used in greenhouses. The plant is semi-compact. The fragrance is very nice and the leaves a dark and shiny, with a lightly grooved flat spoon-shaped leaf. Very productive (with a heavy stem) and slow bolting. If you have been growing DM-resistant basil, but are still having issues, it may be a new strain to which Aya has resistance. Resistant to multiple strains of Downy Mildew and with IR to Fusarium.

A special selection by an Italian producer’s “Genovese Classico”. With improved uniformity, Superbo has a medium compact plant. The leaves are wide and spoon shaped with a brilliant green color. Very intense flavor. Superbo is the classic basil used for traditional “Genovese”bunching and for “pesto” for the processing market.

Siena is a sturdy Italian basil with aroma typical of Genovese types. It is moderately resistant to Downy Mildew and tolerates cold in the field better than most basil varieties. It is very productive in part due to vigorous branching. It has medium dark green, medium-large leaves and a pleasing aroma. It grows fast while also being very slow to flower. The internodes are close together for plant sales or hydroponic production, but far enough apart to bunch. Branching is unusually good so it will take fewer seeds to fill a pot.