Anise Basil (Ocimum basilicum)

This aromatic basil with deep purple flowers has a sweet anise fragrance and delicate black licorice flavor – delicious with seafood, tomatoes, eggplant, and salads. Valued for its medicinal properties, beloved by pollinators, and repellant to pests in your vegetable garden.

• 100 seeds minimum
• Germination: 7-10 days
• Maturity: 90-120 days
• Direct sow in full sun 1/4 deep after last frost or start indoors 5-6 weeks prior to last frost. Harden off seedlings before transplanting.
• Basil prefers well-drained soil.
• Space plants 8 apart; space rows 18-24 apart.