annual herb
Cinnamon basil
A dual-purpose herb for kitchens and pollinator beds.
Growing Profile
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a-11a
- Sun
- full
- Soil
- loam
- Water
- medium
- Goals
- Vegetables & herbs, Pollinators & wildlife, Curb appeal & color
Harvest & Use
spicy aromatic leaves and pink flowers all summer
Useful search phrase: cinnamon basil seeds.
Plant Relationships
Companion Medium
Basil fits the same sunny, warm, regularly watered bed as tomatoes and keeps harvest tasks clustered together.
Companion Medium
Peppers and eggplants share tomato-like growing conditions and pair cleanly with nearby flowering or aromatic companions in mixed beds.