Basil 'African Blue'

African Blue basil became popular a few years ago due in part to its ornamental value, as well as its culinary uses. A sterile, manmade cultivar, 'African Blue' forms an attractive shrub, one to three feet tall and wide, with showy pink flowers on long, purple, wand-like stems, blooming right up until fall freeze. Pollinators love that, but deer and rabbits tend to shun this plant in general. For culinary purposes, the leaves are said to be sweeter than many other green varieties of basil, making them more appealing cooked or fresh.

Common Name: African Blue Basil

Culinary Uses: Fresh in salads, desserts, beverages, or cooked in sauces, stews, pasta dishes

Harvest Time: Pick individual leaves or stems as needed, leaving 2/3 of plant for regrowth. Harvest entire plant before fall freeze.

Mature Size: 12" - 36" tall and wide

Growth Rate: Fast

Cold Hardiness: 30°

Characteristics:

• Attracts pollinators
• Container Lover
• Deer-resistant
• Fragrant
• Rabbit-resistant

Light:

• Full Sun
• Afternoon Sun

Structure: Upright

Photos: Real images, not stock photos

Please Note: When Ground Shipping is selected, plants will be shipped on the following Monday to help maintain the plant quality.