Basil Aristotle

Enhance the flavor of your cooked dishes and salads with freshly picked herbs from your garden. The frost-tender Aristotle Basil emits a strong aroma and grows in a spherical shape, making it ideal for patio or window sill gardens. Try it in homemade pesto for a delicious addition to pasta, fish, or chicken dishes.

How to sow and grow Basil

Sow indoors from March 0.5cm deep in good quality soil. We plant several seeds per pot. The plants can be potted up and placed on a kitchen window or we will plant some in 1 or 2 litre pots and grow on as a companion plant to tomatoes in the greenhouse.

The plants can be grown outdoors from late May when the risk of frost has past at a space of 30cm apart. They are best grown in well-drained soil in a sheltered place in the garden.

Sow direct in drills, when the soil has warmed up in May and then thin to 30 cm spacing.

Can be grown all year round on the windowsill.

For detailed growing instructions and ideas of which Basil varieties to grow click here