Basically about Basil
Farmers, community garden growers, nurseries, and school garden programs contact us for discounts.
Farmers, community garden growers, nurseries, and school garden programs contact us for discounts.
We are basil breeders focused on harnessing the unique diversity of the basil plant to create exciting new basil varieties. Our goal is to produce basil varieties that offer distinct looks, aromas, and flavors, while also ensuring that the plants exhibit vigorous growth and disease resistance. We utilize open pollination techniques, wherein we simply grow different basil plants in proximity and allow the pollinators to do their work. Each generation, we select for new and intriguing plants. Some of these we isolate for inbreeding to stabilize new varieties, while others we continuously outcross with other basils to develop deeply diverse seed mixes full of surprises. One of our main focuses is to create heavy flowering ornamental basils that are perfect for a pollinator garden. Our love for basil is partly driven having grown basil to help feed the bees we keep. Basil is also attractive to wild insects and hummingbirds. Alongside our passion for cross-pollinating basils to create new varieties, we are enthusiastic about exploring ethnic, heirloom, and wild basils from around the world. Basil is undoubtedly the most popular herb globally, with a variety of species cultivated. Each species comes with its own diverse spectrum of forms and flavors. Nearly every culture around the world has a special connection with the basil plant. Every year, we strive to try basil varieties from different corners of the globe, learn about their cultural and culinary significance.
Currently a central goal of our work is developing highly downy mildew resistant varieties of culinary basils. Along with this we work to produce plants that handle weather extremes very well. We also do some work selecting plants resistant to insect pressure.
Greensboro Farmers Curb Market, 501 Yanceyville St, Greensboro, NC 27405
We will be at Greensboro Farmers Curb Market this coming Saturday June 10th. Come to visit us and get some unique basil and herbs. We will...
Greensboro Farmers Curb Market, 501 Yanceyville St, Greensboro, NC 27405
Greensboro Farmers Curb Market, 501 Yanceyville St, Greensboro, NC 27405
We will be at Greensboro Farmers Curb Market this coming Saturday June 3rd. Come to visit us and get some unique basil and herbs. We wil...
Greensboro Farmers Curb Market, 501 Yanceyville St, Greensboro, NC 27405
Plainfield Farmer's Market, 59& W Lockport St., Plainfield, IL
We will be at Plainfield Farmer's Market every Sundays starting from June 27th, 2021. Come to visit us and get some unique hybrid basil!
Plainfield Farmer's Market, 59& W Lockport St., Plainfield, IL
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