Basil, Cinnamon

Name: Basil, Cinnamon

Botanical Name: Ocimum basilicum

Exposure: Full sun

Soil: Normal

Bloom Time and Color: Pink, Purple blooms in mid summer to early fall.

Description: Cinnamon Basil has very attractive violet stems and lavender flowers. When planted close to tomato plants, cinnamon basil can discourage bugs from damaging the tomato plants, enhance the flavor of the tomato, and repel mosquitoes and white flies.Cinnamon is not just in the name, it is in the aroma and flavor. It grows 18-30 inches high and 12-18 inches wide.

Care: Grow in rich, well-drained, soil in full sun. Pinch out growing tips to encourage bushier plants and to delay flowering.