This easy to grow fragrant basil is packed with flavour and a real classic in Italy.
Relatively fast to grow, this classic herb is absolutely packed with flavour and scent.
We love to use classic Italian basil in our fresh pesto because we believe it is the sweetest of all basil varieties.
If you like basil then this variety is a real must to grow year after year. Very generous seed quantities as always with Franchi seeds.

At first sight this variety from Naples looks rather unusual with it's huge rippled green leaves and vigorous habit.
It is one of the most amazing basil's you will ever grow for rich, fragrant flavour and has a very subtle minty aftertaste making it perfect for use fresh in a salad or ripped over some freshly cut Buffalo Mozzarella.
If you go to Naples, this is what you'll have with...everything!

If Summer, to you, means brushing against a bush of fresh basil and being enveloped by the rich, fresh scent of sweet basil then this variety is for you.
It grows as a compact bush and leaves are plentiful and tiny in size but pack all the flavour of classic basil.
This small-leaved, bush variety will grow very well in pots and be the envy of even your most accomplished basil-growing fanatics!
Perfect in anything from a tomato salad (Franchi varieties, of course) to a freshly made tomato pasta sauce.
Delizioso!

This 'Lettuce Leaf' basil will produce leaves so big and juicy you'll be wandering where it has been all your life!
Don't think the bigger leaves mean less flavour though...They're packed with it with all the sweetness you can expect from a delicious Italian variety.
This basil variety is often used in anything from a fresh everyday pesto to the most sumptuous of salads.
The plant is vigorous and the scent is heavenly.
Generous seed quantities by Franchi, as always!

Just looking at this deep purple variety is an experience in its own right but when you get to take in the full powerful fragrance and sweet taste you'll be straight back to your packet of seeds to grow more!
As with all Franchi varieties, this one is very vigorous indeed and is very easy to grow.
We loved the colour when we grew this one but it was the flavour which really took us by surprise.
Perfect with any Italian dish but also in Thai food due to it's rich sweet flavour.

There is nothing like the sweet, rich flavour of giant parsley from Naples.
It grows relatively quickly but does not bolt as fast as some more common varieties and has the added benefit of recovering quickly after harvest making it a perfect cut-and-come-again.
Believe me, you'll need it, because once you've tasted this giant amongst fresh herbs you'll not want to be left waiting too long for your next 'fix'.