PlantFiles: Basil
Ocimum basilicum 'Aussie Sweetie'

This is a new variety for me--I shall update to positive or negative after it has grown awhile. I picked this up in the garden center because of the information on the tag (which follows):
"Unique, rare, and sweet. Perfect for Italian dishes and pesto. Rarely flowers (?--this is the part that got me) like other basils. Tall, slender, columnar growth habit. Most erect basil variety. Can take drier conditions than most basils. Loves summers in the south."

Its a good columnar basil which rarely produces seeds--which makes it really nice in the deep south where basils go to seed if yyou just look at them--but its definitely not a sweet basil. Tastes good for a STRONG tasting basil.