Basil Everleaf Emerald Towers | Ocimum basilicum | Genovese Type

Everleaf Emerald Towers is an exceptional Genovese-type basil combining traditional Italian basil flavour with a distinctive upright, columnar growth habit and excellent harvest potential. Its compact branching and short internodes create a dense, tower-like plant packed with aromatic dark green leaves.

One of its greatest advantages is exceptionally late flowering – approximately 10–12 weeks later than standard basil. This allows the plants to remain productive for much longer and provides an extended harvest of fresh, high-quality leaves.

Everleaf Emerald Towers is suitable for garden beds, raised beds, containers and hydroponic growing and is an excellent choice when you want to harvest basil repeatedly throughout the season.

Plant Information

• Scientific Name: Ocimum basilicum
• Common Name: Basil
• Herb Type: Genovese
• Variety: Everleaf Emerald Towers
• Life Cycle: Annual
• Flavour: Traditional Genovese flavour
• Leaf Colour: Dark Green
• Plant Habit: Upright, columnar, highly branched
• Height: approx. 61–91 cm
• Width: approx. 20–30 cm
• Spacing: approx. 15–30 cm
• Exposure: Full Sun
• Seed Form: Raw Seed
• Days to Maturity – Direct Sown: approx. 45–60 days
• Days to Maturity – From Transplant: approx. 30–45 days
• Best For: Fresh use, repeated harvesting, pots, garden beds & hydroponics

The professional growing information gives a mature height of 61–91 cm, width of 20–30 cm and recommended spacing of 15–30 cm.

Traditional Genovese Flavour

Everleaf Emerald Towers offers the classic Genovese basil flavour loved for fresh summer cooking.

Its aromatic leaves are excellent for homemade pesto, pasta, pizza, salads, tomato dishes, sauces and fresh Mediterranean cooking.

Unlike many compact basil varieties, Emerald Towers combines this traditional flavour with a very distinctive upright growth habit.

Flowers 10–12 Weeks Later Than Standard Basil

One of the most valuable characteristics of Everleaf Emerald Towers is its very late flowering habit.

It can flower approximately 10–12 weeks later than standard basil, which means the plant spends much longer producing leaves rather than quickly switching to flower production.

For the home gardener, this means:

• A longer harvesting period
• More fresh basil throughout the summer
• Less frequent removal of flower buds
• Excellent potential for multiple cuts
• Plants remain productive for longer

This makes Emerald Towers particularly useful when basil is grown primarily for its leaves.

Unique Tower-Like Growth

The name Emerald Towers describes this basil beautifully.

Instead of developing a very wide, loose plant, it produces a tall, upright and highly branched habit with short internodes. This creates a dense column of fresh green foliage and gives the plant impressive harvest potential.

Despite reaching approximately 61–91 cm in height, plants are only around 20–30 cm wide, making excellent use of growing space.

Excellent for Pots, Gardens & Hydroponics

Everleaf Emerald Towers is remarkably versatile. It can be grown:

• In vegetable and herb gardens
• In raised beds
• In greenhouse or tunnel production
• In pots and containers
• In hydroponic systems
• For repeated fresh-leaf harvesting

Its upright habit is particularly useful where growing space is limited, while its attractive structure also makes it a beautiful edible plant for a sunny terrace or balcony.

Sowing & Germination

Seeds can be started indoors for transplanting or directly sown into their final container. The professional growing guide specifically confirms that Emerald Towers can be direct-sown into finishing containers.

Sow the seeds into a fine, moist seed-starting substrate and lightly cover them.

• Seed Form: Raw Seed
• Seeds per cell: 1–3
• Cover Seed: Yes
• Germination Temperature: approx. 20–23°C
• Germination: approx. 2–4 days
• Plug Crop: approx. 4–5 weeks

The professional germination recommendations specify 20–23°C during the first germination stage, with germination occurring in approximately 2–4 days.

Keep the substrate evenly moist during germination, but avoid prolonged waterlogging.

Growing & Harvesting

Choose a warm, sunny position and fertile, well-drained soil. Basil grows best when temperatures are warm and plants receive plenty of light.

Regular harvesting encourages the plant to continue branching and producing fresh leaves.

Cut stems just above a pair of leaves rather than removing individual leaves only. New shoots will develop from below the cut, helping create an even fuller plant and providing multiple harvests throughout the season.

When Can I Start Harvesting?

Under good growing conditions, Everleaf Emerald Towers can reach harvest maturity approximately: 45–60 days from direct sowing

or approximately: 30–45 days after transplanting.

You do not need to wait until the plant reaches its full mature height before harvesting. Once plants are established and producing several sets of healthy leaves, regular light harvesting can begin.

Why Choose Everleaf Emerald Towers?

• Authentic Genovese-type basil
• Traditional aromatic Genovese flavour
• Flowers 10–12 weeks later than standard basil
• Exceptionally long harvesting period
• Excellent potential for multiple cuts
• Tall, elegant columnar growth
• Highly branched with short internodes
• Abundant dark green foliage
• Mature height approx. 61–91 cm
• Relatively narrow 20–30 cm habit
• Excellent for garden beds and raised beds
• Perfect for pots and containers
• Suitable for hydroponic growing
• Excellent fresh culinary basil
• Easy to harvest throughout the summer

Basil Everleaf Emerald Towers is an excellent choice for anyone who wants the traditional flavour of Genovese basil but with a longer harvest season and a highly productive plant. Its unique upright growth, dense dark green foliage and exceptionally late flowering make it particularly valuable for gardeners who want fresh basil throughout the summer with repeated harvests from the same plants.