Lemon Basil 'Mrs Burns' Seeds

Sow indoors from March to May in a warm room or propagator. Basil needs warmth, so plants only go outside in June when frosts are over. A second sowing in May gives fresh leaves into early autumn.

Yes. A 20 cm pot on a sunny windowsill, balcony or patio suits it well. Water when the surface of the compost feels dry and pinch the tips regularly for a bushier plant.

It is a selection of sweet basil, Ocimum basilicum, with an unusually strong lemon scent, rather than the separate lemon basil species often sold as Ocimum x citriodorum. Gardeners and cooks rate it as one of the most intensely lemony basils available.

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