Basil

Pesto Perpetuo Basil

If you love delicious, flavorful herbs that also look beautiful, add Pesto Perpetuo Basil to your garden. Not only does it taste great, with a distinct, lemony flavor, the pretty basil looks lovely in the garden—and in your meals, too. White-edged leaves add interest to containers and raised beds, and this non-flowering variety means that you’ll harvest basil all summer long! Enjoy fresh basil until first frost, adding it to summery salads, refreshing drinks, delicious dishes, or preserving pesto for a taste of summer during chilly winter days.

Cinnamon Basil

Smaller than Sweet Basil, this narrower-leafed variety is known for its darker color and spicy, cinnamon-like aroma and taste. Has distinctive cinnamon-colored stems. Great for containers. Goes beautifully with fruit, or in Asian or Indian dishes.

Chef's Trio Basil

Ready to up your culinary game? It’s delicious fun playing with herbs—especially trying different basil varieties! You’ll love the distinct flavors and interesting presentation Chef’s Trio Basil adds to your meals. With three unique varieties—Genovese, Purple, and Serrated--in one container, it’s the perfect sampling for you to explore your inner Iron Chef! You’ll love the aromatic, classic sweet, peppery flavors found in Chef’s Trio.

Emerald Towers Basil

Get ready for a summer filled with fresh bruschetta—and a winter’s worth of perfectly preserved pesto! Everleaf Emerald Towers Basil extends your harvest, flowering 10 to 12 weeks later than traditional basil varieties, but with the same, great flavor you love. This columnar, upright variety makes a perfect addition to smaller spaces like patio and balcony containers, but it also grows beautifully in-ground and in raised beds. A heat-tolerant variety, your basil will taste great even in the midst of a scorching summer. Its long growing season ensures you’ll have plenty of delicious, flavorful basil for caprese salad, cocktails or mocktails, and all of your favorite summer meals.

Thai Basil

A stronger-flavored basil than sweet basil, Thai Basil also has a hint of licorice flavor. The leaves, which are about half the size of sweet basil, have purple stems and make pretty garnishes. They are added by the handful to Thai cusine and also dishes of Southeast Asia. Its popularity has grown with the discovery of these delicious dishes from those countries. A slightly smaller plant than Sweet Basil, it is perfectly suited for containers. Some Bonnie Plants varieties may not be available at your local stores, as we select and sell varieties best suited to the growing conditions in each region.

Sweet Basil

This herb is known around the world for its wonderful fragrance and flavor. The key ingredient in classic Italian pesto, Sweet Basil has big leaves that are fast and easy to grow so that you can make your own pesto to freeze for year-round use. It loves hot weather, so always wait until all danger of frost is past before planting in the garden in the spring, then harvest before the weather starts to cool down in fall. Great for containers, but be sure to keep watered. If you were to grow only one herb, this should probably be it. Dried basil just doesn’t have the aromatic quality of the fresh leaves, which are often added at the last minute to many Asian dishes. Organic varieties are only available at retailers.

Presto Pesto Basil

Is there a more quintessential summer taste than fresh tomatoes paired with basil? Whether you prefer caprese salad or bruschetta, you’ll love the aromatic, classic sweet flavor of Presto Pesto Basil. With the subtle, peppery flavor of Genovese, this compact variety provides big taste in small spaces. Grow it in a container near your kitchen for convenient additions to your favorite Italian recipes. Or, add several plants in the garden to make large batches of pesto, preserving a bit for a taste of summer during chilly winter days!