Purple Ruffles Basil – 10 Seeds
(Ocimum basilicum ‘Purple Ruffles’)
R30.00
More complex than other basils, with tones of anise (liquorice), cinnamon and perhaps even citrus.
Indoor Sowing: Late Winter and Early Spring.
Direct Sowing: Spring and Summer.
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Purple Ruffles Basil (Ocimum basilicum ‘Purple Ruffles’) is probably the prettiest of basils, if not of all herbs. With handsome dark purple-black fringed leaves that are heavily ruffled and fringed, it produces spikes of large and showy, pinkish-purple flowers. While it deserves a place in your kitchen garden, it also makes an excellent contrasting plant in a border.
Tempting though it is to leave and admire it, one taste will have you tearing the leaves of by the armful.
Culinary Uses
- More complex than other basils, with tones of anise (liquorice), cinnamon and perhaps even citrus.
- The colourful leaves are full of flavour, aromatic when crushed and are especially fine for herb vinegars and for garnishing.
Growing Purple Ruffles Basil
Indoor Sowing: Late Winter and Early Spring.
Direct Sowing: Spring and Summer.
- Sow indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost in spring
- Sow Basil Seeds evenly by covering them with 0.5 cm of soil.
- Keep the soil moist.
- The basil seeds should germinate within a week.
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