Basil Purple Herb Plants

Basil Purple Herb PlantsEyecatching, purple leaved variety that makes a lovely addition to the ornamental border. It still has the full basil fragrance and flavour to compliment many dishes. Basil Plants Basil is an essential herb, perfect in tomato dishes, with pizza, pasta and salads as well as blitzed into a pesto sauce. Supplied as potted plants, well rooted and grown in 9cm pots.

bake them in a pie or cook them down with sugar to make a sticky jam

Ideal for eye catching bedding displays

Each leaf is adorned with intricate patterns of marbled silver and green

Can be treated as HB or HHA

If planting in a pot or container

on the top of the main stem forms a spherical umbel densely packed with star-shaped flowers approximately 3cm in diameter with corn-flower blue hues

They are incredibly drought-tolerant plants thanks to their water-storing leaves

Hardy enough to withstand British winters (RHS H5) and tolerant of a wide range of conditions

mainly dark red stems

growing to just 1

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