annual herb
Lemon basil
A bright herb for fish, salads, and infusions.
Growing Profile
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a-11a
- Sun
- full
- Soil
- loam
- Water
- medium
- Goals
- Vegetables & herbs
Harvest & Use
citrus-scented leaves all summer
Useful search phrase: lemon 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.