African Blue Basil Live Plant | Ocimum African Basil | 4 Inch Rooted Herb | Edible Fragrant Basil | Culinary Herb | No Pot

Bring a fragrant, beautiful, and useful herb to your garden with African Blue Basil (Ocimum kilimandscharicum × basilicum). This live rooted basil features a bushy growth habit, aromatic foliage, and attractive lavender-purple flowers.

The plant is grown in a 4-inch pot before shipping and is shipped without the pot.

🌱 Plant Details

• Quantity: 1 live rooted plant
• Variety: African Blue Basil
• Botanical Name: Ocimum kilimandscharum × basilicum
• Size: 4-inch grown plant
• Shipping: No pot
• Growth Habit: Bushy and vigorous
• Flowers: Lavender-purple
• Light: Full sun
• USDA Zones: 9–11
• Colder Climates: Can be grown as an annual

🍃 Culinary Herb

African Blue Basil has a distinctive strong, aromatic, camphor-like basil flavor. The leaves can be used in culinary applications such as teas, pesto, garnishes, and other recipes where a bold basil flavor is desired.

💜 Flowers & Garden Use

The lavender-purple flowers add ornamental interest and make this basil a useful addition to herb gardens, pollinator gardens, containers, and edible landscapes. Its bushy growth can be maintained through regular pruning.

☀️ Growing & Care

Plant African Blue Basil in full sun and well-draining soil. Provide regular moisture while allowing excess water to drain away. Pruning can help maintain a compact, bushy shape and encourage fresh growth.

In USDA Zones 9–11, it can be grown as a perennial under suitable conditions. In colder climates, it is generally grown as an annual or brought indoors before cold weather.