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Glossy green basil leaves in a sunny herb bed

Herbs

Ocimum basilicum

Sweet Basil

Sweet Basil is an annual culinary herb with glossy green, aromatic leaves that are indispensable in Italian cooking. The plant produces small white flowers in summer, but is mainly grown for its fragrant foliage. Basil is not frost-hardy and must be sown or bought fresh each year.

Full sunMedium30–60 cm