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Holy Basil

Holy Basil

BASIL 'Holy'

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Ships as 4"
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Common Name(s)
Organic Holy Basil
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs)
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
2'–4'
Max Spread
Over 24"
Fruiting Season
Summer, Fall
Lifespan
Annual
Genus
Basil
Family
Lamiaceae
Ship Size
4"

Holy Basil is a certified organic live 4-inch plant of Ocimum tenuiflorum, bushier and more upright than sweet basil, with green-and-purple foliage and a warm, peppery-clove aroma that carries on a hot afternoon.

It reaches roughly 35 inches tall and 25 across — enough presence for a generous patio pot or a spot in the vegetable garden where you want a hedge of scent. Harvest leaves from June into September for tea and cooking, pinching stems often to keep the plant dense. Let a few pink-purple flower spikes open late and the bees will spend the afternoon in them. Full sun, warmth, shelter, and soil kept evenly moist but never soggy.

Fun fact: known as tulsi, it is grown in courtyards across India as a sacred household plant and tended daily — a culinary herb with a devotional job description.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs)
  • Water: Keep moist
  • Mature Size: 2'–4' tall × over 24" wide
  • Harvest Season: Summer, Fall
  • Lifespan: Perennial in zones 10–11 — grown as an annual in colder zones
  • Hardiness Zones: 10–11
  • Attracts: Bees

Certified organic, and guaranteed to arrive healthy — if it does not, we replace it free.