Ocimum 'African Blue' syn. Ocimum basilicum 'African Blue'

#africanbluebasil my #bestof2023 blooms pretty much all year long until we have a freeze. Helps feed bees and all kinds of pollinators #pollinatormagnet

Very pretty.

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That's very beautiful 💜 and how are you and family

@kaporyash Thank you! 😊 We are all well, How is your family?

We are fine 😊

#africanbluebasil is coming back! It's not supposed to survive a freeze 😳

@gjones definitely! Alot of them are annuals. I didn't cover them or do anything special 🤔 I'm thinking is it a fluke? Next year I will expect them to live and they won't! 🤣😂🤣

You're probably right! Your above ground plants might have died off, but the roots are still alive? Or, the seeds were automatically stratified by the freeze & now are growing as this year's annuals? (Does that make sense?)

@kari definitely! But these plants are hybridized the seeds are sterile. The plant is growing back from the roots which is amazing to me!

#africanbluebasil #tinytreasures these tiny soon to be blooms are filled with nectar that makes this plant a favorite for bees! #beemagnet

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#africanbluebasil the flowerbuds look like little cottonballs!

Nature's Q-tip! 🤣

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Beautiful blooms

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