Basil Varieties

Cardinal Basil

Wow! Cardinal Basil is a beauty! Best Features: 1) Bees love it! 2) Cardinal Basil is very fragrant. 3) It is a gorgeous plant that can be used as an ornamental plant even in a container.   4) It is an edible herb and flower – bonus! 5) Cardinal Basil grows up to 2 feet […]

Basil Varieties

African Blue Basil

Not only is this basil plant beautiful, it attracts beneficial insects to the garden.  However, you won’t see seeds for this hybrid : ( Best Features: 1) It is a bee magnet! 2) The leaves start out green and as they mature the veins become purple. 3) The stems are dark purple.   4) The […]

Herbs

Rooting Basil

I was able to root my African Blue Basil by taking a cutting from the plant at the end of summer and putting it in a glass of water on my kitchen countertop.  After a few weeks, it started to root.  Someone in my family thought it was there to eat not root!  That person […]