Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A green basil plant with long stems - Kingsakai/Shutterstock Basil (Ocimum spp.), a widely used herb that adds flavor to sauces, ...

Get out of your basil rut by diving into the diversity of this royal herb. Summer is basil’s time to shine. The herb loves heat and can be grown in full or part sun. It prefers rich, well-drained soil ...

Basil’s smooth, shiny, aromatic leaves provide both ornamental beauty and culinary use. Basil’s smooth, shiny, aromatic leaves provide both ornamental beauty and culinary use. Every gardener has ...

Basils include approximately 150 species, mostly from Asia, Africa, South America, that have spread throughout the world as culinary and ornamental herbs. Basil is grown as an annual in Virginia, ...

Q: In your book, "Golden Gate Gardening," you talk about using African blue basil in pesto. I didn't think it was edible. What's the deal? A: One parent of African blue basil is Ocimum ...

Grown and used in cuisines around the world, basil is also indispensable to Louisiana cooks. Besides having extraordinary taste, basil is attractive and really easy to grow. Not only is basil a great ...

Thai, lemon, lime, cinnamon, licorice and purple basils are just as easy to grow as Italian varieties and offer many flavor possibilities for our culinary dishes, simple or complex. Basil is far more ...