Sweet Basil
Ocimum basilicum
Care
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Moderate
- Hardiness
- Tender annual
- Height
- 1-2 ft
- Spread
- 1-2 ft
- Bloom
- Summer
- Attracts
- Bees, butterflies
- Toxicity
- None known
Growing schedule
- Start indoors: 4 wk before last frost – 2 wk before last frost
- Transplant: 1 wk after last frost – 3 wk after last frost
- Harvest: 7 wk after last frost – 16 wk after last frost