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Italian Large Leaf Basil Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
8 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 78-78
Description: Large plants produce medium-dark green leaves up to 4 inches long. Scent and taste are sweeter and less clove-like than 'Genovese'.

Magical Michael Basil Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 62-65
Description: Branched, 10- to 18-inch-tall plants with 1 1/2-inch, olive-green leaves with purple veining, white flowers. Sweet basil taste and fragrance. Resistant to fusarium. Dani type. All American Selection 2002

Siam Queen Basil Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 55-80
Description: 30- to 40-inch plants with purple stems bear 2- to 4-inch, medium-green leaves with tangy flavor and hint of licorice. Plants also bear deep red-purple flowers in compact clusters. All American Selection.

Nufar Basil Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 77-77
Description: Large leaf type similar to'Italian Large Leaf'. 24- to 30-inch plants bear 4-inch leaves. Fusarium wilt resistant.

Spicy Globe Basil Basil Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Compact, 12-inch, globe-shaped plants produce tiny rounded, shiny green leaves.

Spicy Saber Basil Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: 14-inch plants produce bright-green, ornamental, saber-like leaves.

Anise Basil Overall Rating: (5.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Tall, bushy, slow-bolting plants produce mulberry-tinted leaves with anise fragrance.

Genovese Basil Overall Rating: (4.9 Stars):
15 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 88-88
Description: Uniform, 24-inch plants with 2-inch, dark green, savoyed leaves. Spicy scent and taste. Slow to bolt. Also known as Perfumed Basil.

Lemon Basil Basil Overall Rating: (4.7 Stars):
3 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 80-80
Description: Compact, bushy plants bear white-flowers and produce small, pointed green leaves with delicate citrus scent and flavor

Cinnamon Basil Overall Rating: (4.5 Stars):
4 Ratings
Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: 18- to 28-inch plants with violet stems bearing 1-inch, green leaves with prominent veins and flower bracts and lavender flowers.

African Basil Overall Rating: (4.5 Stars):
2 Ratings
Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Ocimum canum, a minty-tasting African basil with decorative flowers.

Lettuce Leaf Basil Overall Rating: (4.3 Stars):
3 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 85-85
Description: 16-inch plants bear large, 3- to 5-inch, bright green, serrated, crinkly leaves. Licorice flavor and fragrance. Also known as Toscano.

Sweet Basil Basil Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
3 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 85-85
Description: Generic basil.

Sweet Dani Basil Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 61-61
Description: Lemon basil. Tall, upright plant produce 3-inch, light olive-green leaves. 1998 All-America Selection.

Pesto Perpetuo Basil Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: 14- to 18-inch plants produce tricolor leaves with deep green on lime green with white edges.

Lime Basil Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: 16- to 24-inch plants produce lance-shaped leaves with mild citrus flavor and aroma.

Pistou Basil Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: French basil variety. Bushy, 1-foot-tall plants produce tiny leaves. Also good for edging beds.

Jungs Balcony Basil Blend Basil Overall Rating: (4.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Blend large and small leaf varieties. Begin harvesting in 30 days.

Purple Ruffles Basil Overall Rating: (3.2 Stars):
6 Ratings
Days to Maturity: 80-85
Description: Bushy, 16- to 24-inch plants with dark purple, serrated, crinkled leaves and purple stems. Small percent of plants may have green leaves. All American Selection 1987.

Fino Verde Basil Overall Rating: (3.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 60-70
Description: Compact plants grow 6 to 8 inches tall with small leaves and sweet basil taste. Also known as 'Fine Verde'.

Thai Sweet Basil Overall Rating: (3.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: 80-80
Description: 12- to 18-inch plants with strong-flavored, 2-inch green leaves with purple tips, stems and blooms. Also known as 'Sweet Thai'.

Red Rubin Basil Overall Rating: (3.0 Stars):
1 Rating
Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Tall purple stalks produce dark purple leaves with lavender flowers.

Di Genova Basil Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 85-85
Description: 24-inch plant with 4-inch, savoyed, dark-green leaves. Resistant to fusarium.

Nicobar Basil Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 90-90
Description: Thai Holy basil strain. Plants produce large green leaves with purple stems. Strong clove scent and musky flavor that intensifies with cooking.

Samui Basil Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 90-90
Description: Thai Holy basil strain. Plants produce jagged green and purple-tinged leaves and hairy, purple stems. Strong clove aroma released with cooking.

Penang Basil Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 80-80
Description: Thai lemon basil variety. Strong plants produce 2-inch, pointed, pale-green leaves with lemony fragrance. Also known as 'Thai Hoary' basil.

Langkuri Basil Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: 80-80
Description: Thai sweet basil. Plants produce large, shiny, bright-green leaves with milder flaove than 'Siam Queen'. Deep red-purple flowers form in small crown. Late flowering plants produce longer harvest.

Greek Yevani Basil Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Small, 6-inch-tall by 12-inch-wide mounding plants produce strong-flavored leaves.

Boxwood Basil Overall Rating: Not Yet Rated Days to Maturity: NA-NA
Description: Small-leaved ornamental/culinary type. Compact, very bushy, 12- to 16-inch plants resemble boxwoods.
 
 
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