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2. How to Grow Basil at Home - AOL

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   Choosing the Right Basil Variety. There are so many different types of basil out there (at least 50 known varieties) but in general, they all grow in warm, sunny weather and thrive both in-ground ...

3. Stop Wasting Money on Store-Bought Basil and Grow Your Own - AOL

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   If your home stays fairly warm (above 70 degrees) all day long, great, if not, you may want to invest in a heat mat or grow light to help aid the sprouting process. “Basil needs heat, light, and ...

4. This Is How to Grow Basil So You'll Have It All Summer Long - AOL

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   Here's how to grow basil, an annual herb in your garden. Follow our tips, including when to start it from seed, how long it takes to grow, and cooking use.

5. List of basil cultivars - Wikipedia

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   Basil cultivars vary in several ways. Visually, the size and shape of the leaves varies greatly, from the large lettuce-like leaves of the Mammoth basil and Lettuce leaf basil to the tiny leaves of the Dwarf bush basil. More practically, the fragrance of the basil varies due to the varying types and quantities of essential oils contained in the ...

6. Basil - Wikipedia

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   Timelapse of growing basil Desiccated basil showing seed dispersal. Basil is an annual, or sometimes perennial, herb used for its leaves. Depending on the variety, plants can reach heights of between 30 and 150 centimetres (1 and 5 feet). [6]

7. Ocimum tenuiflorum - Wikipedia

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   Ocimum tenuiflorum, commonly known as holy basil, tulsi or tulasi, is an aromatic perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. [2][3] It is widely cultivated throughout the Southeast Asian tropics. [1][4][5] It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Australia and the western Pacific. [1] This plant has escaped from cultivation and ...

8. Ocimum basilicum var. minimum - Wikipedia

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   The Greek basil and various other basils have such different scents because the herb has a number of different essential oils in different proportions for various cultivars. [4] The essential oil from European basil contains high concentrations of linalool and methyl chavicol (estragole), in a ratio of about 3:1.

9. Clinopodium vulgare - Wikipedia

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   Description. Wild basil is a perennial rhizomatous herb with square, upright, hairy stems and opposite pairs of leaves. The leaves are hairy, ovate or lanceolate in shape, and have short or no stalks, wedge-shaped bases and bluntly-toothed margins. The inflorescence is a terminal spike consisting of several loose whorls of clusters of flowers ...