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Basil
Genovese
Ocimum basilicum 'Genovese'
Classic sweet Genovese basil - the standard culinary type for pesto and Mediterranean cooking. Large, cupped, intensely aromatic leaves. Fast-growing annual that responds well to regular pinching to delay flowering.
Key facts
- Growth habit
- upright
- Produce type
- leaf
- Support
- none
- Sun
- full sun
- Height
- 30-45 cm
- Spacing
- 20-25 cm
- Days to harvest
- 30–120 days
- Watering
- medium
- Frost sensitivity
- high
For all basil issues and threats, see the Basil page.