Basil is a warm-season herb with fragrant leaves for pesto, tomato dishes, salads and summer drinks. It loves sun and heat, is tender to frost, and grows best planted out after the weather warms. Pinching the tips keeps it bushy.
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Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum). The classic pesto basil, a warm-season annual with glossy, fragrant leaves. Flower color: white, sometimes pink-tinged,...