MAGNUM PACKS = Great Value (larger seed packets 3 times the standard amount of seed) Great for Market Growers or for Home Growers who want to buy one packet and store the seed for each season.

Lettuce-leaf basil. This is a vigorous plant with large leaves and a milder taste than Italiano Classico. Use it to put on a sandwich, wrap a slice of tomato with mozzarella cheese, or on bruschetta. Can be grown in containers. 75-80 days from direct seed.  Sow seeds in a sunny spot when weather has warmed up, or start in a seed box and transplant., Sow 5-6 seeds in a 10cm pot six weeks before setting out. 

Wonderful Southern Italian Lettuce leaf basil 'Foglia di Lattuga' with leaves bigger than your hand. In southern Italy that is where the hardy buffalo are kept and so this leaf is traditionally used to wrap mozzarella, a drizzle of olive oil and a wonderful piece of real bread, a glass of vino....... This is the soul of Italian food, 'Cucina povera' or peasant food, just like a good Lancashire hotpot, a Cornish Pastie PGI or a Cassoulet in France etc. Simple, wholesome, regional, LOCAL,

 12g about 10,000 seeds approx.