Everleaf Lemon Basil

seeds

25 seeds: $3.00; Item: 4449-A
100 seeds: $5.25; Item: 4449-B
500 seeds: $19.50; Item: 4449-C
1000 seeds: $33.00; Item: 4449-D
5000 seeds: $139.00; Item: 4449-E

Ocimum basilicum
(55 days) Open pollinated.

Annual. Bright, lemony and fragrant. Gorgeous plant habit, similar to Dolce Fresca’s, is upright, mounded and doesn’t get leggy. Very late to flower; great for harvesting all season long. Delightful in salads, teas, desserts, marinades, lemonade and more. And bonus!—lemon basils are significantly more resistant to pests than other basils. Japanese beetles won’t touch them. Performs well in containers and in the ground.

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Quick Details

Hybrid Status: open pollinated
Days to Maturity: 55 days
Lifecycle: annual
Color: green

Compare

Compare with other Lemon Basil
Variety	Product Type	Hybrid Status	Days to Maturity	Lifecycle	Color
Everleaf	seeds	open pollinated	55 days	annual	green
Mrs. Burns	seeds	open pollinated	64 days	annual	bright green

Additional Information

Basil

About 600 seeds/g. Indispensable culinary herb, in cultivation for more than 3,000 years. By far our most popular herb.

Culture: Direct seed when soil warms in late spring or transplant after danger of frost in well-drained moderately rich soil. Young seedlings will damp off if heavily watered during cool cloudy weather. Water sparingly at first. Use row covers to enhance early season vigor and speed maturity. Thin to 8–12", top mature plants to induce branching and increase total yield. Harvest before plants blossom. Annual, absolutely intolerant of frost, damaged by temperatures in the mid-30s.

Diseases: Where so indicated our varieties have been sampled and found to be fusarium-free. While not a guarantee that the entire lot is fusarium-free, a negative test improves the odds. No samples were taken for varieties not so indicated.

Herbs

See Herb Chart for uses and cultural information.

About medicinal herbs: Archeological evidence dates the medicinal use of herbs back 60,000 years to the Neanderthals. 85% of the world’s population employ herbs as medicines, and 40% of pharmaceuticals in the U.S. contain plant-derived materials. Fewer than 10% of higher plant species have been investigated for their medicinal components. Interest in traditional herbal remedies continues to grow.

Statements about medicinal use of plants have not been evaluated by the FDA, and should not be used for the diagnosis, treatment, cure or prevention of any ailment. Before using or ingesting any medicinal plant, consult a healthcare practitioner familiar with botanical medicine.

Takinagawa Burdock and Resina Calendula, as well as oats, mammoth red clover and alfalfa in the Farm Seed section, also have medicinal uses. Medicinal herbs such as black cohosh, licorice, and many more are available as plants, and shipped in the spring with orders from our perennial plants warehouse.

Culture: Some herbs are customarily grown from divisions because they cannot come true from seed, such as scented thymes and flavored mints. Some require fall sowing of fresh seed, such as sweet cicely and angelica.

Using herbs: Drying herbs at home is not difficult. Whole leaves retain their flavor at least a year. To substitute fresh herbs for dried in cooking, use triple the dried quantity called for in a recipe.

Germination Testing

For the latest results of our germination tests, please see the germination page.

Our Seeds are Non-GMO

All of our seeds are non-GMO, and free of neonicotinoids and fungicides. Fedco is one of the original companies to sign the Safe Seed Pledge.

Shipping

From early May through mid-December, items shipping from our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.