annual herb
Thai basil
A high-value herb for hot weather, stir-fries, curries, and pollinator flowers.
Growing Profile
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a-11a
- Sun
- full
- Soil
- loam
- Water
- medium
- Goals
- Vegetables & herbs, Pollinators & wildlife
Harvest & Use
anise-scented leaves all summer
Useful search phrase: Thai 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.