Like other reviewers I love the flavor and aroma of this basil, the small leaves are perfect for adding to salads or as a garnish without...Read More being shredded or overwhelming. Also, the flowers are edible and I think of them as "summers candy". Surprisingly the flowers are sweeter than those of sweet basil and are wonderful on salads or simply by themselves as a treat.
My new "Favorite Herb" AND a great salad green.
Grew mine from seed, with some variations in the seedlings.
These variation...Read Mores were kind of nice as they had staggered blossoming.
All variations had same wonderful flavor ' aroma.
Will replant saved seed; but hoping it will reseed itself and grow everywhere.
Love this plant, so easy to grow, wonderful aroma. I don't understand why the plant description says seed collecting with this plant is N...Read More/A as I grew mine from seed I collected myself from a commercially grown mother plant.
My favorite Basil.
Great in marinara sauce.
Also great on pasta with olive oil, Cavender's Greek Seasoning and Parm/Romano ...Read Morecheese.
You'll think you're in a 5 star Italian Restaurant!
Great basil, mine got huge. I love the flavor and aroma that it gives. I usually make my own salad dressings and always put a little ch...Read Moreopped basil on it. Great on salads, cooked,etc...
I really enjoy this basil. Very good flavor. Small leaves make it convenient to use. Compact plant size makes it easy to grow in a sma...Read Moreller container.
I grew several different basils in 2002 and the Bush Spicy Globe was far superior for fresh herb use to all the others. The Genovese-type...Read Mores are better for pesto-making, but the Bush Spicy Globe is the most popular in France. It has very small, tender leaves and (more importantly) soft stems, very like parsley. This makes it extremely useful for fresh salads, where the tough stems of other basil varieties are unpleasant. It has the same wonderful spicy fragrance. In addition, it grew for five months before finally starting to flower! It never needed pinching back and grew in a perfect round, bright green mound (potted to thwart snails/slugs). My husband is not a big salad eater, but he absolutely fell in love with heirloom tomato and fresh mozzarella salads, drizzled with some virgin olive oil, lemon pepper and a good handful of this basil atop. From one plant I was able to satisfy us (three salads a week for months) and also give half a dozen friends several generous sprigs each to try. They also loved it and plan to grow it in 2003 themselves! Highly recommended.
Like other reviewers I love the flavor and aroma of this basil, the small leaves are perfect for adding to salads or as a garnish without...Read More
My new "Favorite Herb" AND a great salad green.
Grew mine from seed, with some variations in the seedlings.
These variation...Read More
Love this plant, so easy to grow, wonderful aroma. I don't understand why the plant description says seed collecting with this plant is N...Read More
My favorite Basil.
Great in marinara sauce.
Also great on pasta with olive oil, Cavender's Greek Seasoning and Parm/Romano ...Read More
Great basil, mine got huge. I love the flavor and aroma that it gives. I usually make my own salad dressings and always put a little ch...Read More
I really enjoy this basil. Very good flavor. Small leaves make it convenient to use. Compact plant size makes it easy to grow in a sma...Read More
I grew several different basils in 2002 and the Bush Spicy Globe was far superior for fresh herb use to all the others. The Genovese-type...Read More
Dwarf varieties with very small, less than 1/2 inch long, pungent leaves. White flowers. Plants are excellent for edging or containers.