Basil - Siam Queen (Thai) is a beautiful form of basil that grows about 80cm high and around. The scent and taste are different from sweet basil with more licorice flavor. Thai basil is used in all types of Thai cooking as well as other Asian and middle eastern cultures. It has large flowers that form in a cluster as opposed to the long spikes on the other basils. The bright green leaves make an attractive foil for the purple-red stems, which bear beautiful violet-pink flowers which last from mid-summer until frost. Superb as a container plant on the patio, where you can smell its aroma. Excellent for bedding, edging and the vegetable or flower garden.

Matures in 55 days.

Thai Basil can grow in areas that get about 4-5 hours of sun per day. This basil is annual like sweet basil so the flowers must be removed occasionally to keep leaf production going. This is a vigorous growing basil and the plants get very large so give it lots of room.

To harvest, cut about a third of the branch from the top, down to where a new set of leaves is beginning to grow.

Pick the leaves anytime for fresh use; for drying pick as the flowers start to open. when cooking, chop the leaves and add to curry or Thai recipes. Try it in other types of cooking too!

Save one or two plants to grow indoors on a sunny windowsill. (100 seeds).

"Germination instructions included with all seeds" Please check my other listings. I am happy to combine postage.