Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflora (Thai basil)
Other names: Anise basil, Licorice basil, Liquorice basil
O. basilicum var. thyrsiflora is a tender, compact, upright, short-lived, deciduous perennial, often grown as an annual, with dark purple stems bearing edible, narrowly ovate to broadly lance-shaped, dark green leave and spike-like whorls of purple-pink flowers in summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Ocimum basilicum 'Cinnamon' (Sweet basil 'Cinnamon')
Other names: Common basil 'Cinnamon', Cinnamon basil
'Cinnamon' is a tender, compact, short-lived perennial often grown as an annual with dark purple stems bearing elliptic, cinnamon-scented, dark green leaves and spikes of whorled, tubular, purple-pink flowers in late summer and autumn.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Ocimum basilicum 'Magic Mountain' (Sweet basil 'Magic Mountain')
Other names: Common basil 'Magic Mountain'
'Magic Mountain' is a tender, short-lived perennial often grown as an annual with elliptic, purple-flushed, dark green leaves and spikes of whorled, tubular, purple flowers in late summer and autumn.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Ocimum 'Lemonade' (Basil 'Lemonade')
'Lemonade' is a tender, upright, bushy, short-lived perennial, often grown as an annual, with edible, broadly lance-shaped, pointed, bright green leaves and long spikes of whorled, tubular, white flowers in summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Ocimum basilicum 'Sweet Genovese' (Basil 'Sweet Genovese')
'Sweet Genovese' is a tender, upright, bushy, aromatic, short-lived perennial, often grown as an annual, with edible, rounded to broadly ovate, bright green leaves and long spikes of whorled, tubular, white flowers in summer.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Ocimum 'African Blue' (Basil 'African Blue')
'African Blue' is a tender, upright, short-lived perennial, often grown as an annual, with large, aromatic, elliptic, edible, purple-flushed, dark green leaves, more purple when young, and long spikes of whorled, tubular, lilac-pink flowers in summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Ocimum basilicum 'Sweet Green' (Basil 'Sweet Green')
'Sweet Green' is a tender, upright, bushy, aromatic, short-lived perennial, often grown as an annual, with edible, broadly ovate, bright green leaves and long spikes of whorled, tubular, white flowers in summer.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Ocimum basilicum 'Foglia di Lattuga' (Sweet basil 'Foglia di Lattuga')
Other names: Ocimum basilicum 'Lettuce Leaf'
'Foglia di Lattuga' is a tender, upright, short-lived perennial often grown as an annual with large, aromatic, elliptic, wrinkled, bright green, edible leaves and spikes of whorled, tubular, white to pale purple flowers in late summer.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Clematis 'Basilisk' (Clematis 'Basilisk')
Other names: Late Large-flowered clematis 'Basilisk', Clematis 'Basilisk'
Basilisk' is a deciduous, perennial climber with pinnate, dark green leaves and, from summer into early autumn, large, purple flowers, paler at the base of the petals.
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1.5m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Calamintha nepeta (Lesser calamint)
Other names: Thymus minus, Clinopodium nepeta, Basil thyme
C. nepeta is a compact, erect, aromatic, deciduous perennial with ovate, hairy, shallowly toothed, dark green leaves and branched cymes of tubular, two-lipped, mauve or pink flowers in summer.
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0.75m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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