Spring Flower Fair

I am happy to report that the 2015 AAS Winner Basil Dolce Fresca is everything that was promised. The germination rate on the seeds was excellent. After setting aside 6 plants for the AAS Display Garden at Rutgers Gardens, we had enough plants left over to make up a full flat to sell at Spring Flower Fair.

May 30

June 6

The 6 seedlings were moved out of the greenhouse and planted in the AAS Display Garden after Spring Flower Fair. I checked on them at the end of May and was not impressed. A week later, they had put on some height.

July 4

After weeks of rain and finally some hot weather, the Dolce Fresca are doing great. What impresses me most is that they are maintaining their round compact shape like a bush basil but the leaves are the size of a regular basil, not the tiny leaves normally found on bush basils.