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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Fragrant
Fruiting Time: Summer
Uses: Culinary Herb
Edible Parts: Stem
Leaves
Eating Methods: Culinary Herb/Spice
Raw
Cooked
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon

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Common names
  • Basil

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Date: 2013-07-02
Courtesy National Garden Bureau Inc.

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