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Basil Dolce Fresca - 2015 AAS Edible-Vegetable Winner
Dolce Fresca Basil AAS Winner
Dolce Fresca Basil produces sweet tender leaves that outshone the comparison varieties while maintaining an attractive, compact shape that’s both versatile and beautiful.
Basil Dolce Fresca produces sweet tender leaves that outshone the comparison varieties while maintaining an attractive, compact shape that’s both versatile and beautiful.
Basil Dolce Fresca - 2015 AAS Edible-Vegetable WinnerDolce Fresca Basil AAS WinnerDolce Fresca Basil produces sweet tender leaves that outshone the comparison varieties while maintaining an attractive, compact shape that’s both versatile and beautiful.Basil Dolce Fresca produces sweet tender leaves that outshone the comparison varieties while maintaining an attractive, compact shape that’s both versatile and beautiful.

Basil Dolce Fresca

2015 AAS Edible – Vegetable Winner

If there was an AAS category for an edible plant with ornamental value, this AAS Winner would fit that classification. Dolce Fresca produces sweet tender leaves that outshone the comparison varieties while maintaining an attractive, compact shape that’s both versatile and beautiful. Use the leaves as you would any Genovese basil and we hear it makes an excellent pesto.

After harvest, the plant was quick to recover and kept the desired ornamental shape that’s perfect for containers, borders, or as a focal point. Great for gardeners looking for drought-tolerant, hearty plants, foodies interested in a new and better basil, and anyone who wants that great Mediterranean taste added to their cuisine.

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Categories: 2015, Basil, Container Suitable, Edibles/Vegetables, National
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AAS WINNER DETAILS

Winner Type: National
Class: Basil
Variety Name: Dolce Fresca
Genus: Ocimum
Species: basilicum
Year: 2015
Common Name: Basil
Type: Edible – Vegetable
Breeder: Produced by PanAmerican Seed
Close Market Comparison: Italian Large Leaf, Minette

PLANT NEEDS

Duration Type: Annual
Light Needs: Full sun
Water Needs: Normal
Season Type: Warm season
Staking Required: No

PLANT CHARACTERISTICS

Foliage Color: Green
Plant Habit: Compact, bushy
Plant Height: 13-14 inches
Flavor Description: Sweet tender leaves

IN THE GARDEN

Container: Yes
Herb: Yes
Garden Spacing: 10-12 inches
Days To Harvest (Sowing Seed): 60-80
Days To Harvest (Transplant): 20-28
Plant Spread: 10-12 inches

HOW TO GROW

Blog: Tips for speeding up germination indoors and outdoors

DIRECT SEEDING: Sow seed outdoors after frost 1/8 in./3 mm deep, thin seedlings when they are 1 in./25 mm high – to 6 in./15 cm apart. Transplant every other one, spacing plants to 12 in./31 cm apart about two weeks after your first thinning.

HARVEST: Leaves should be picked just before flowering – prolong this period by pinching off flowers. Use fresh or dried leaves. It has the mild flavor of anise with a slight mint aftertaste. Popular as a spice for tomato dishes, or blend with vinegar in French dressing, or in poultry stuffing. Sweet basil is a tender annual.

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