Basil Neopolitana

Neapolitana Basil is the basil you’ve been missing! Its mild, tangy-sweet flavour adds a burst of freshness to sandwiches, burgers, lasagna, or a mozzarella and tomato snack. Grow it in your veggie garden, herb border, or indoors year-round. For bushier plants, pinch out the growing tips and flowers - those flowers are delicious in salads! This annual basil is aromatic and versatile, perfect for adding vibrant flavour to your dishes.

🌱 Seasonal Growing Guide

SPRING:

• Best started in pots from March to June for planting outdoors, or sow anytime for windowsill growing.
• Seed depth: 5mm, lightly cover with soil.
• For indoor growing keep them on a sunny windowsill.

SUMMER: 

• Transplant in June
• Pinch out the growing tips to prevent flowering and encourage bushier growth
• Harvest leaves regularly.
• If the plant becomes leggy, cut back to 10 cm for a second flush of leaves
  

AUTUMN:

• Bring pots indoors before frost.  Look after carefully and you could enjoy the flavour into the winter (may need feeding or repotting)
• Dig up old plants from the garden and prepare the soil for the next planting season.

ENJOY: pop these aromatic lovelies in containers, grow dotted amid your veggies, among your other herbs or all year round indoors.