Grow a taste of the Mediterranean! Basil ‘Lettuce Leaf’ is the largest-leaved basil variety around. Although it looks a little different to traditional basil, its frilly-edged and flavour-packed leaves have the same great taste and soft texture you’ll love. Use the aromatic leaves to add punchy basil flavour to salads, pasta dishes and much more! Sow successively indoors for a year-round harvest or grow outdoors in the herb garden or in pots during the summer months. Height: 45cm (18”). Spread: 30cm (12”).Sow basil seed from February to June, or sow throughout the year for indoor cultivation out of season. Sow seed on the surface of free draining seed compost and cover with a light sprinkling of compost or vermiculite. Place in a propagator at a temperature of 15-25C (59-77F) or seal the container inside a polythene bag until after germination, which takes 14-21 days. Keep the compost slightly dry at all times, watering very lightly as seedlings emerge. When th