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flowers are produced commercially as cutflowers in Europe. Dried leaves are used in tea.


APIUM


72°, L, 10 days CROP TIME: PACK: 4 weeks


Par-Cel Cross between Celery and Parsley. The plant is very ornamental. The taste can be described as mild parsley or strong celery. Great for garnishing salads and Mexican dishes like salsa.


ARTEMISIA


Also see Wormwood A. annua 70°, L, 10 days CROP TIME: PACK: 14 weeks


GARDEN LEADER Garden Leader Licorice Spice


Spicy fragrance to this silver foliage herb. Great fragrant alternative to artemesia from cuttings in hanging baskets and combinations. Harvest and dry the plants to add zest to potpourri.


ARUGULA


Eruca vesicaria 68°, 10 days CROP TIME: PACK: 9 weeks


Rocket Eruca vesicaria. Biennial. Young leaves have horseradish flavor. Cool weather crop becoming bitter in heat of summer.


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Rocky (certified organic) Roquette (certified organic)


Leaves give a sharp, spicy, pungent, peppery taste similar to horseradish in mixed salads, complementing both bland butterhead lettuce and bitter chicories. Use raw in salads. It can be steamed, cooked as a pot herb, or pureed and added to soups. Harvested leaves can be frozen for later use, similar to spinach or other greens.


BASIL


Also see Organic Herb Section Ocimum basilicum 70°, 14 days CROP TIME: PACK: 6 weeks


We provide our customers with the widest selection of basils available. Our supply comes from growers around the world. Basil has a multitude of applications both as an ornamental garden plant and as a culinary spice.


NEW Anise


Very distinctive with anise fragrance and flavor. Use for salads, sauces, and herb vinegar.


NEW Aristotle


60 days. Compact Greek Basil with a very neat rounded habit that requires no pinching to maintain its shape. Enjoy classic basil aroma and taste. Mounded plant reaches 12 to 14 inches tall.


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Aroma 1 (certified organic) Genovese broad leaf type has flavor you’d expect in a


fine basil and carries with it high disease resistance. Slow to bolt, long season of harvest.


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Aromatto (certified organic)


Purple variety with large, flat leaves. Aromatic and slightly spicy. Stays crisp longer after cutting. Plants reach 14-18 inches and produce purple flower spikes


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Cardinal (certified organic)


The flowers are so red that at first glance it seems like a celosia. Use the leaves like any sweet basil, and use the flowers in salads. The blooms attract hummingbirds. 18” tall.


Cinnamon Cinnamon (certified organic)


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Terrific novelty basil with its sharp cinnamon scent. Plant habit much like large leaf basil, but with narrow leaves, attractive violet colored stems.


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Fino Verde (certified organic)


Compact, small-leafed bush basil. Excellent for cooking and in salads, it retains its sweet flavor even after flowering, 6-8 in. tall plant. 1/2-1 in. leaves. Use for container gardening or borders.


NEW Floral Spires Lilac


Bred for their beautiful flowers as well as their delightful flavor. Distinct cinnamon Thai basil scent, invokes a feeling of exotic locations when touched. A densely branched and early flowering habit, easy to grow, fast to finish and a pleasure on the patio.


NEW Basil Floral Spires White


Height 10”, spread 8”. Hard to beat for mixed containers or window gardens.


GARDEN LEADER Ez Gro Green Goddess


Garden Leader of the Year. Tiny leaved basil. Beautiful bright green foliage and spicy aroma make Green Goddess an excellent crop for the gourmet garden. Great in the pack and superior in the garden, slow bolting.


GARDEN LEADER EZ Gro Patio Tasty Rascal


Beautiful and long-lived plant that is perfect in combination plantings. Flowers in profusion with lavender-blue spikes. Plant is well branched, foliage is a waxy bronze-green.


GARDEN LEADER EZ Gro Tasty Sweet


Garden Leader EZ Gro Tasty Sweet. Our own selection of slow bolting genovese type sweet basil. Very high in aromatic oils and well suited for freezing or drying. Pure green, 3” leaves. Excellent fresh garnish too.


Genovese Genovese (certified organic)


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Intensely scented strain of sweet Basil with slightly hairy leaves and purple flowers that is becoming very popular in the “Gourmet” vegetable trade. A high quality fresh market basil.


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Greek (certified organic)


Hippocrates used to prescribe basil as a treatment for heart, nausea and constipation. Ancient Greeks


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Lemon


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Lemon (certified organic)


Lovely lemon-scented foliage makes this basil a welcome addition to any garden. Plant habit similar to large leaf basil but with narrower leaves.


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Lemon Tall (certified organic)


Small lemon scented foliage on tall upright bushes. 16”-18” height.


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Lemon Spreading (certified organic)


Lovely lemon-scented foliage makes this basil a welcome addition to any garden or patio. A low spreading plant habit with narrow leaves.


Lettuce-leaved Lettuce-leaved basil bears very large crinkled foliage. Popular with herb growers who cut basil for commercial sale. We prefer the stronger scent of our Garden Leader Sweet basil but Lettuce-leaved Basil certainly produces more foliage.


Licorice


Unique licorice scented foliage makes Licorice Basil a quick-selling impulse item. Plant habit very similar to Lemon Basil.


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Lime (certified organic)


Basil flavor with a lime aroma. Wonderful flavor for seafood and salads, also in vinegars and jellies. Light green, narrow leaves form a compact mounding plant that grows to 12 inches tall.


Magical Michael


AAS Winner. Very floriferous and disease resistant. Similar to Sweet Dani but shorter and better branched. May be used for cooking when harvested young, best grown for ornamental use.


GARDEN LEADER


NEW EZ Gro Nufar Hybrid Nufar (certified organic)


EzGro because this sweet basil hybrid variety is resistant to Fusarium wilt, a fungal disease that can cause sudden and unexplainable wilting and defoliation. Commercial basil yeild is also greatly improved! A Genovese-type basil providing you with months of large, flavorful leaves. Nufar grows 18 to 24 inches high and 12 to 15 inches wide. The dark green, shiny leaves grow up to 2 inches long on a tall, erect plant that is slow to bolt. Small terminal racemes of pink flowers are borne in summer.


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Petra (certified organic)


Purple variety, with pointed leaves and a sweet flavor. Grows vigorously to a height of 24”.


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believed that putting a sprig of basil in the hands of the dead would open heaven’s gates.


Holy


Ocimum sanctum. A gourmet type basil with a musky cinnamon-like scent. Vigorous plants bearing slightly hairy leaves.


GARDEN LEADER Key Lime


Tropical fresh lime-scented foliage makes this basil a welcome addition to any garden. This is an attractive plant habit with narrow, bright green foliage. Full color culture tags are available.


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