Basil Everleaf Lemon Seed

Grow Everleaf Lemon when you want a tidy, columnar basil with bright lemon flavour and a long picking season. Its compact, well-branched growth suits South African containers, herb beds and kitchen gardens.

Ready to grow your basil? Follow our step-by-step Basil Grow Guide for sowing, germination and care advice tailored to Everleaf Lemon.

Quick Grow Facts

• Plant Type: Tender annual culinary herb.
• Seed Form: Raw seed. Treatment status is not confirmed; do not eat seed.
• Scientific Name: Ocimum basilicum
• Common Name: Lemon basil.
• General Sowing Time: Sow in warm conditions after cold risk has passed, or start in trays in a protected warm spot.
• Position: Full sun to bright light, with at least six hours of sunlight once established.
• Sow Depth: About 6 mm; cover lightly.
• Spacing: Breeder range 15-46 cm; use the wider end for a full mature plant or humid conditions.
• Germination: PanAmerican uses 20-23°C and reports 2-4 controlled days from 50% to maximum germination; allow 7-14 days in home conditions.
• Growth Form and Size: Upright, highly branched and late flowering; about 61-91 cm high by 20-30 cm wide.
• Harvest: About 45-60 days from direct sowing or 30-45 days from transplant.
• Available Pack Sizes: 20 raw seed, 500 raw seed.

Why Grow Basil Everleaf Lemon?

• Bred for continual harvesting and season-long garden performance.
• Well-branched plants keep a narrow, tidy footprint in beds and containers.
• Short internodes create a neat columnar growth form.
• Ball Straathof lists intermediate resistance to downy mildew and standard resistance to Fusarium; these traits reduce risk but are not immunity.
• Lemon basil flavour is useful for fresh salads, fish, chicken, teas and summer cooking.

Garden Uses

Grow Basil Everleaf Lemon in containers, raised herb beds or sunny garden rows where you can pick leaves regularly. Its tidy growth form makes it especially useful for patio herb gardens and smaller edible spaces.

Growing Notes

• Start in warm, protected conditions and transplant once seedlings are sturdy and cold risk has passed.
• Use well-draining soil and water consistently without waterlogging.
• Harvest tips often to keep the plant branching and productive.
• Give plants good airflow, especially in humid districts, and remember that listed disease resistance is not immunity.
• Feed lightly if container growth slows during active harvesting.
• Follow the instructions on the packet you receive if they differ.

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