Clinopodium vulgare
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Clinopodium vulgare, Wild Basil
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Clinopodium
Small pink/purple tubular flowers. Small, hairy, lance shaped with serrated edges, mid green leaves. Culinary; the flowers and young leaves are edible, they can be used to flavour salads and tisanes.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H5 (-10 to -15C)
• Type: Herbaceous Perennial
• Height: up to 60cm
• Spread: 45cm
Wild Basil can be seen at the herb farm in Jekka’s Herbetum and is available to buy as herb plants.
Details
• Aspect: Sun, Partial Shade
• Soil type: Sand, Light Loam, Free Draining
• pH: Universal pH
• Habit: Clump
• Flowering colour: Pink
• Flowering time: Summer
• Uses: Culinary & Medicinal (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs and Medicinal Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: Yes (Read Jekka’s Guide to Pollinators for more information)
• Container suitability: Yes
• UK native: Yes
• Caution: N/A
Growing
• Grown from seed: No
• Propagation: Division
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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