Ocimum basilicum 'Dark Opal' syn. Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens 'Dark Opal'

I love the color on these. #basil

My dark opal basil. I’ve been cutting it down and trying to dry the leaves but it’s too humid 😥 I let one plant bloom for the seeds and have been cutting all of the blooms off the other so it keeps making leaves. #basil #herb #dark-opal-basil

@Cyndi I was trying to dry them outside because it is warmer out there, gonna bring them in and put them near a fan

So pretty! It would make a colorful pesto!

These were getting eaten up pretty badly and I thought they weren’t going to make it. Put it up on cinder blocks and they aren’t getting eaten anymore. #basil

Thank you @cyndi I will do that. I have two raised bed gardens on either side of the walkway leading up to my patio. One I have herb seedlings in right now. I’d like to do the other side too, would probably be easier to do cuttings from the side that’s already done?

Wow this basil is so goth lol. 😍 #black #basil #dark-opal-basil #herbs

Love the color on them already.