| Basil - Purple Ruffles
(Ocimum basilicum Purple Ruffles) - Type: warm season annual
- Planting time: after last spring frost
- Features: large, purple, ruffled aromatic leaves
- Light: full sun
- Soil: fertile, well drained but moist
- Height: 18 to 24 inches
- Spacing: 12 inches
- Garden use: containers, herb beds, flower beds
- Culinary use: Asian and Italian dishes, garnish
This beautiful, dark purple basil is not only tasty, but it’s also a great color contrast in the garden. Perfect for containers or an herb garden, the ruffled leaves of purple basil and are different, serving somewhat like a coleus in the garden, only these are edible. The scent and flavor of Purple Ruffles are more licorice-and cinnamon-like than Sweet Basil. Enjoy this unusual form as part of your basil collection this spring. This variety has won a Mississippi Medallion Award for outstanding garden performance. It is also a 1987 All America Selections winner. |
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