Basil

Ocimum basilicum
Basil belongs to the labiate family, Labiaceae and is thought to have its origins in India. It can now be found all over the world mostly in many variants, all of them equally affected by cold and bad weather. However in sunny and sheltered places with light soil or in pots the basil grows fast and can be harvested until the cold prevents it. It cannot handle any frost whatsoever. Use it fresh preferably but dried basil is okay. Fresh leaves can also be put in oil or vinegar or frozen as pesto.
SOWING: Sow very shallowly indoors 6 weeks before setting out at 25 cm of mutual distance when the risk of frost is over and the soil has warmed up.

SEEDS: 700 seeds/g, one portion yields about 150 seedlings.


	Lemon Basil, organic seeds Is a variant of basil with lemony aroma and somewhat smaller leaves. It has a very pleasant taste of lemon mixed with basil. Use it as ordinary basil, chiefly in herb vinegar with fish. A portion co... » More info » Back to the top	Qty:

	Dwarf Basil, organic seeds Is a short form of common basil with small leaves and more potent taste. It yields a lot and is suitable for pots and urns as well, 40 cm tall. A portion contains about 400 seeds. » More info » Back to the top	Qty:

	Genovese Basil, organic seeds Common big-leafed variety. Has large, juicy, green, slightly crumpled leaves of strong, rich taste and small white flowers. This is a vigorous branchy plant about 50 cm tall. It's the outstandingly mo... » More info » Back to the top	Qty:

	Italian Bigleaf Basil, organic seeds Is a pesto-basil of large (10 cm) medium green, crumpled leaves, a little sweeter and milder than Genovese and with a taste of anise. This is a vigorous, branchy plant, 40-50 cm tall yielding a truly ... » More info » Back to the top	Qty:

	Sweet Basil, organic seeds Is often grown in pots and urns or as border- and bed plant in Greece. The plants are shaped like balls and are uniform and very compact with small leaves but with a potent and aromatic taste of basil... » More info » Back to the top	Qty:

	Holy Basil, organic seeds (Khao Prao. Tulsi) Ocium sanctum. This is the sacred basil which is grown around the Buddhist temples in Thailand. It is a beautiful little plant of rose-purple flowers on violet stems, about 30 cm ta... » More info » Back to the top	Qty:

	Cinnamon Basil, organic seeds Comes from Mexico and has a surprisingly true scent of cinnamon, excellent for herb teas and different mixtures of herbspices. This plant is dense and bushy with violet-red veins in the leaves, about ... » More info » Back to the top	Qty:

	Lime Basil, organic seeds "O.americanum" is an unusual basil from America with a distinct spicy aroma of lime. It is especially suitable for fish and salads. The plant grows 50-60 cm tall with medium small dark-green leaves an... » More info » Back to the top	Qty:

	Red Basil, Rosso, organic seeds Has dark-violet slightly crumpled leaves of bronze-like tone. The plant is sturdy, about 40 cm tall yielding a good crop of very aromatic, tasty leaves. A portion contains about 400 seeds. » More info » Back to the top	Qty:

	Thai Basil, Thai Magic, organic seeds Is a very decorative and robust Thai-basil of mild, sweet flavour with a hint of anise. The leaves are about 7 cm, shiny green and juicy thick. The brilliant wine-red clusters of flowers are beautiful... » More info » Back to the top	Qty:


Svenska English Vegetables Beans & Peas French Dwarf Bean, Green French Dwarf Bean, Purple French Dwarf Bean, Yellow French Dwarf Bean, Flat Pod Shelling Bean Bean mix French Climbing Bean Runner Bean Broad Bean Edible Podded Pea Wrinkled Pea Mangetout Round Seeded Pea Asparagus Pea Fruity Vegetables Corn Cucumber Gourd Melon Courgette Pumpkin Winter Squash Sweet Pepper Hot Pepper, Chilli Grow Tomatoes Bush Tomato Tall Tomato Cherry Tomato Paste Tomato Husk Cherry Tomatillo Aubergine Brassica Grow Brassicas Cauliflower Broccoli Broccolo Brussel Sprouts Kale Red Cabbage Chinese Cabbage Pointed Cabbage White Cabbage Kohlrabi Lettuce and Leaf Vegetables Asian Leaf Vegetables Celery Dill Parsley Lettuce- and Root Chicory Radicchio Escarole and Frisee Lettuce Batavia Lettuce Cos Lettuce Butterhead Lettuce Iceberg Lettuce Looseleaf Lettuce Corn Salad Rucola, Rocket Purslane Cardoon Chard (Leaf Beet) Orache, Magenta Spreen Spinach New Zealand Spinach Ice Plant Root Vegetables Carrot Parsnip Root Parsley Celeriac Burdock Black Salsify Salsify Swede Egg Turnip Turnip Radish Daikon Winter Radish Beetroot Onion Family Yellow- & Red Onion Leek Spring Onion Other Vegetables Comfrey Florence Fennel Artichoke Rhubarb Caucasian spinach WIld Strawberry Asparagus Sea Kale Spices Annuals Anise Basil Epazote Borage Camomile Blessed Thistle Coriander Cress Summer Savory Chervil Shiso - Perilla Spicy tagetes Water Cress Claytonia Biannuals Fennel Angelica Caraway Evening Primrose Upland Cress Perennials Anise Hyssop Lemon Balm Tarragon Ginkgo Chives Hyssop S:t John's Wort Lawn Camomile Lavender Lovage Marsh Mallow Wormwood Majoram Mexican Tarragon Mint Oregano Burnet salad Ramsons Rosemary Sage Sweet Cicely Stevia Sorrel Bergamot Thyme Valerian Rue Flowers Annuals A-N Aster Godetia Shoo Fly Plant Morning Glory Flax Clarkia Mesembryanthemum Golden Cosmos Heliotrope Lobelia Mexican Sunflower Nigella Helichrysum Corn Flower Cup and Saucer Wine Corn Cockle Nasturtium Snapdragon Sweet Pea Greek Stock Milk Thistle Nemesia Annuals O-Z Spider Flower Great Flowered Malope Sweet Scabious Nemophilia Decorative Corn Decorative Cabbage Mingonette Castor Oil Plant Roman Delphinium Calendula Statice Cosmos Cone Flower Sun Flower Blue Bedder Summer Dahlia Stock Lavatera - Annual Mallow Gypsophyla California Poppy Marigold Poppy, annual Zinnia Meadow Plants; see under perennials Biannual Flowers Sweet William Foxglove Wallflower Mullein Sweet Rocket Hollyhock Weaver's Teasel Perennial Flowers Columbine Perennial Flax Jacob's Ladder Hops Japanese Lantern Vervain Carpathian Bell Lupin Burning Bush Musk Mallow Lark Spur Oxeye Daisy Greater Musk Mallow Perennial Sweet Pea Common Mallow Purple Cone Flower Maltese Cross Soap Wort Poppy, perennial Meadow Plants Sprouting Seeds Sprouting Seeds Acc. Pot Maker SM 6 Algae Extract QR Compst Activator Harvest Knife Plastic Labels Gift Packaging Info etc. News At Runabergs Ordering Guide Sales Conditions Denmark - Finland - Norway Seed Catalogue Variety List Days to Maturity Organically Grown Seeds Germination Table Summer- and Autumn Sowing Grow Your Own Seeds Addresses Contact Opening Hours Reseller Our seed packets Basket (? items) Search Log in