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Cinnamon Basil, Spice Basil seeds Cat No. 1376E This is a most attractive, stocky, vigorous plant with leaves with purple veins and spikes of dark rose-coloured flowers. It has a warm, spicy, cinnamon-like aroma and flavour with just a hint of clov...
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Genovese Basil, Perfume Basil seeds Cat No. 1376N Widely grown in Italy, where it is very popular in their cooking, especially in tomato salads and pesto sauces and, don’t forget the after dinner mints, it combines nicely with garlic. An attractive p...
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Greek Basil, Bush Basil seeds Cat No. 1376A This is a very fine variety from Italy of a species, not of Greek origin as one might intelligently guess at from its English name, but one apparently originating in Chile! This strain forms a perfect...
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Holy Basil, Purple Basil seeds Cat No. 1376P Ornamental and useful is this reddish-purple (the hotter the summer, the deeper the purple) tinted plant that exudes a delicious, sweet, clove-like aroma. Highly regarded in India both for its medicin...
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Lemon Basil, Indonesian Kemangie seeds Cat No. 1376F This is a particularly attractive Basil both in appearance and fragrance. It is a spreading, grey-green plant with rather small, thin, pointed leaves with a distinct and delightful lemon-like aroma an...
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Lettuce-leaved Basil seeds Cat No. 1376G With that name, it will be no surprise to learn that this ornamental, vigorous and prolific variety has the largest leaves of any Basil; crimped and undulating, they are up to five inches in length an...
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Lime Basil, Hoary Basil seeds Cat No. 1377B The leaves and flowers have a lime flavour and the former are used when young steamed to serve with rice. Also used as a flavouring in curries, salads, soups, meats and many other dishes. 1-2 ft.
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Liquorice Basil, Persian Basil seeds Cat No. 1376H Widely used in south east Asian cooking is this vigorous plant with spikes of light purple flowers backed by deep purple bracts. It has a very strong liquorice or anise-like aroma and flavour that mak...
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Mexican Basil seeds Cat No. 1376J This is a tall, vigorous, bushy variety with thick, glossy, dark green leaves with a strong, spicy, cinnamon-like scent and flavour. Dried, the fragrance keeps for months and makes a good tea. Ideal f...
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New Guinea Basil seeds Cat No. 1376Q With its attractive purple flowers and purple-veined, dark green, aromatic foliage, this very rare plant is another Basil both ornamental and useful. 2 ft.
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Sweet Basil seeds Cat No. 1376 An annual plant with delicious, mouth-watering aroma, leaves used, dried or fresh, in soups and stews, but particularly effective used with tomatoes, cooked or raw. 2 ft.
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Thai Basil seeds Cat No. 1376L Commonly found freshly-cut in Thai bazaars are the aromatic leaves of this plant with a spicy flavour and aroma that are a cross between those of Cinnamon and Liquorice Basils. 3 ft.
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Tree Basil, East India Basil, Clove Basil seeds Cat No. 1376T Also known as East India or Clove Basil, this is a quite distinct species in being a much-branched, shrubby perennial, woody at the base. An agreeably, sweetly perfumed plant with fuzzy, lime-green le...
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Borage, Wildflower of the British Isles seeds Cat No. 1377 A delightful annual worth growing for the pretty blue flowers beloved by bees. The young tender leaves are used in salads and cooling drinks and the flowers once thought to drive out melancholy, can b...
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White Borage seeds Cat No. 1377A Rarely seen is this lovely variety with sprays of delightful white flowers. Why not grow them both and add a splash of colour to your herb patch? And a little tip – pop a floret in each individual mou...
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Lesser Calamint seeds Cat No. 233K This is a most pleasant plant for your border or herb garden. Heavily scented with a fragrance described as pennyroyal-like, it is an erect perennial with small, somewhat hairy leaves. In summer it be...
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Calamint, Mountain Balm seeds Cat No. 233B This is an attractively modest, downy hairy plant of dry grassy places in open woods and scrub with mint-scented leaves and spikes of spotted lilac-purple flowers. As a culinary herb it has a strong a...
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Caraway, Wildflower of the British Isles seeds Cat No. 1378 Well-known herb, the seeds used to flavour bread, cakes, soups, etc., and the young leaves to add flavour to salads. 12-24 ins.
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Catmint, Catnip, Wildflower of the British Isles seeds Cat No. 896B This is the true Catmint, the plant so often given this name being in fact Nepeta mussinii. It is a greyish plant with a pungently Mint-like smell, and with leaves that are white-woolly beneath, and d...
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Chamomile seeds Cat No. 1379B Developed for commercial production but popular with home gardeners, this is an improved strain from Germany. With erect, sturdy, uniform plants with larger flowers, it contains higher than normal ess...
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