Lamiacées • Ocimum basilicum purpurascens

Organic Purple Basil

"A vibrant purple foliage, a fragrant ally in living gardens."

$4.49

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Native to tropical Asia, purple basil immediately captivates with its deep violet foliage that captures sunlight to better reveal its intense fragrance. Highly prized in both cooking and gardening, it unfolds with elegance, offering a striking contrast that brightens flowerbeds and vegetable gardens.

In the garden, it is a generous plant, easy to grow, which harmoniously complements fruiting vegetables and herbs. It attracts pollinators and contributes to local biodiversity, while inviting the gardener to explore its aromatic subtleties in cooking and infusions.

  • Growing climate: Temperate to warm climate.
  • Sowing difficulty level: Easy.
  • Care required: Regular.

Note: Sensitive to frost, protect or sow after the last frosts.

Purple basil is used fresh in salads, sauces, on pizzas, or as an infusion for its slightly spicy and peppery aroma. Traditionally, it is also used to flavor Mediterranean and Indian dishes. Its leaves can be dried, but lose some of their fragrance. It is less commonly used for formal medicinal purposes.

Organic Purple Basil

Organic Purple Basil

$4.49

$4.49

écoumene seeding advice

Seeding type

Indoor seeding

Germination time

5-21 jours

Germination temperature

18° to 22° Celsius

Sowing depth

Surface sowing - without covering the soil

Transplantation

Easy transplantation

Technical

Seeding in clusters

Growing conditions

Number of days to maturity

Harvest at ± 65 days

Hardiness zone

Zone-4a

Distance between plants

30 cm

Distance between rows

50 cm

Optimal brightness

Sun plant

Soil texture

Loose (silty) soil

Soil moisture

Cool, well-drained soil

Soil fertility

Plant demanding in bacteria-dominant compost

optimal soil pH

acidic pH

Average plant height

25 cm

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