Exposure • Sun

Soil Moisture Needs • Average

Nature Attraction • Butterflies • Hummingbirds • Bees

Season of Interest (Foliage) • Summer • Spring

Season of Interest (Flowering) • Summer

Bloom Color • Pink

Attributes • Good Cut Flowers • Fragrant • Container

Water Requirements • Prefers consistent soil moisture

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Riverbend Nursery (M.S.)

Ocimum basilicum ''Purpurascens'

Red Rubin Basil

Attractive purple-garnet leaves and pink flowers. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Suitable for growing in containers. Leaves are used for culinary flavoring, and has best flavor when picked before it flowers.

Attracts Butterflies

Ocimum (o-sy'-mum)

Family: Labiatae · Common Name: Basil

Wonderful assortment of green or purple leaved warm weather annuals exude sweet pungent aroma and the flavorful leaves are used in a variety of dishes. Great addition to the vegetable or flower garden and excellent in patio containers.