Basil (Ocimum basilicum)

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Ocimum basilicum - Plants for a Future
Basil - Wikipedia

Duration: Annual

Origination: Tropical Asia

Edibility: All Parts

Status in Yard: Garden

I have transplanted several basil varieties in the back yard, with varying levels of success.

A sweet basil seedling

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Sweet basil flowering on May 10, 2014

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Sweet basil flowers with an ant pollenating then on May 25, 2014

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On July 19, 2019, I saw black splotches on a few of the leaves of my Italian Genovese basil, which are caused my bacterial leaf spot, Pseudomonas cichorii.