About Cardinal

Ornamental enough for your flower garden, but still tasty. Burgundy stems and showy deep red-purple bracts. Spicy fragrance.

About Basil

Great for tea, pesto, salads, and dressings. Remove flowers for best-tasting leaves, or keep them to feed the bees and butterflies. These non-hardy perennials are native to sunny, warm Mediterranean climates and will not withstand frost. Water regularly and provide good drainage. Don’t plant outdoors until late May. It is a good idea to vary where you plant your basil each year. Basil is suscep­tible to fungal ­diseases that ­accumulate in soil over time. Rotate your crops!

Pot Size & Price
3.5-in. pot
$4.00
Height
24"–30"
Sunlight Exposure
Full Sun Partial Sun
Plant Traits
Bees
Butterflies
Cold Sensitive
Culinary
Edible Flowers
Medicinal
Stock Notes
Restocks On Saturday

Other varieties of Basil

African Blue Basil, purple veins and leaf centers
Photo from Rush Creek Growers

African Blue
Basil 'Cinnamon', dark purple flowers, green leaves
Photo from Glacial Ridge Growers

Cinnamon
Holy Basil, green leaves
Photo by Forest & Kim Starr from the Wikimedia Commons

Holy
Lemon Basil
Photo from Green Earth Growers

Lemon
Basil 'Mammoth', large wrinkled green leaves
Photo from WikiGardener

Mammoth
Basil 'Minette', compact green mound of basil leaves
Photo from Park Seed

Minette
Basil mixed four packs
Friends School Plant Sale photo by Jenn M.

Mixed four-pack
Mrihani basil, green leaves
Photo from Strictly Medicinal Seeds

Mrihani
Basil 'Napoletano', corrugated green leaves
Photo from Johnny's Seeds

Napoletano
Spicy Globe Basil, circular mound of small green leaves
Photo from Glacial Ridge Growers

Spicy Globe
Basil Aroma, green elongated basil leaves
Photo from High Mowing Organic Seeds

Sweet Genovese, Aroma
Sweet Genovese Basil
Photo from Green Earth Growers

Sweet Genovese, Devotion DMR
Basil Gustoso, large green shiny cupped leaves
Photo from High Mowing Organic Seeds

Sweet Genovese, Gustoso
Basil Prospera Compact, green domed leaves
Photo from High Mowing Seeds

Sweet Genovese, Prospera Compact DMR

Catalog
H007
Ocimum Prospera Red, very dark purple-red leaves
Photo from High Mowing Seeds

Sweet Genovese, Prospera Red DMR
Basil 'Thai Magic', green leaves and dark purple bracts
Photo from Evergreen Seeds

Thai Magic
Basil Thai Sweet, green leaves with lavender flowers, purple stems
Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Thai Sweet
Thai basil with dark purple flowers and stems
Photo from the Wikimedia Commons by Risacher

Thai, organic
Thai Basil, green leave, dark stems
Photo from Green Earth Growers

Thai, Siam Queen