Elevate your culinary creations with Basil Sweet Mammoth, an exceptional Italian basil variety that produces enormous, hand-sized leaves with a stronger, fuller flavor than traditional sweet basil. This impressive herb features a compact, shorter growth habit perfect for container gardening and indoor growing, making it ideal for home cooks who want fresh, flavorful basil year-round for pesto, Italian dishes, and all types of cooking.
Key Features:
Huge, hand-sized leaves – Mammoth leaves grow as large as your hand, providing abundant harvests from fewer plants
Stronger, fuller flavor – More intense flavor than sweet basil makes it perfect for pesto and Italian cooking
Compact growth habit – Shorter plants are ideal for container gardening and indoor growing
Versatile culinary herb – Perfect for pesto, pasta, pizza, salads, and all types of Italian and Mediterranean cooking
Easy to grow – Thrives in containers, raised beds, or traditional gardens with minimal care
Continuous harvest – Regular harvesting encourages bushier growth and more leaf production
Italian variety – Authentic Italian basil with traditional flavor and aroma
Ideal Uses for Your Kitchen Garden: Perfect for container gardens, patio pots, indoor herb gardens, raised beds, and traditional vegetable gardens. The compact habit makes Sweet Mammoth basil excellent for growing on sunny windowsills, balconies, or small spaces where you want maximum flavor from minimal space.
Growing Basil: Plant in full sun with well-drained, fertile soil. Water regularly to keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged. Harvest leaves regularly by pinching off stems just above a leaf node to encourage bushier growth. Pinch off flower buds to keep plants producing flavorful leaves.
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