Messed up some camera adjustments again so the flowers are a bit overexposed. But overall a success :) "A basil native to ...

If basil flowers, it becomes more bitter. That's why pruning basil is a large part of the care requirements for this plant. Have a pair or scissors or shears at the ready to collect leaves and nip ...

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Basil is an annual that, even with ideal care, will eventually lose vigor and die in the fall after flowering and setting seed (although there are some longer-lived types).

To prevent flowering, begin pruning basil stems as early as the six to eight-leaf stage. For culinary use, the goal is to keep multiple plants only growing 10 or fewer sets of leaves.

Basil is a warm-weather plant and can be grown outdoors once temperatures warm up to a minimum of 59 degrees day and night. It needs a sheltered (wind) warm, sunny site, and free-draining soil.

Mint and basil are flowering, autumn is releasing its early blooms—now is the moment to combine them. New York flower expert Nicolette Owen explains the basic steps Updated September 10, 2011 Share ...

Cathleen Randall is used to her patio garden being abuzz with bees jostling for position on the flowering basil and other plants she grows because she knows they prefer them. But this year she ...