NEW BASIL
African Blue
Annual
This new basil is beautiful! It has large purple-green leaves and the plants grow tall and bushy with lovely pinkish lavender flower spikes that are irresistable to bees and other pollinators. While many people grow it as an ornamental, the leaves taste great in pesto or any other use. I'd say the flavor is somewhere between Greek basil and cinnamon basil, but it is actually a cross between African basil and a red leaved Italian basil.