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Ocimum
basil
- Height 1-2 ft (30-60 cm)
- Planting distance 1 ft (30 cm)
- Flowers late summer
- Any well-drained soil
- Sunny, sheltered site
- Half-hardy annual
Better known for its culinary uses, sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) has
given rise to several ornamental cultivars, which are popular in summer
bedding displays and as container plants. The purple foliage provides
strong color contrast and can also be used in cooking like its
green-leaved relation. The small pinkish-white or purple flower spikes
borne on bushy plants are of little significance compared with the shiny
purple leaves, wavy-edged in the cultivar 'Purple Ruffles' and almost
black in 'Purpureum.'
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