Everleaf Lemon basil
Ocimum basilicum 'Everleaf Lemon'
USDA zones10 to 10
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size20 to 24 inches tall
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Ascending
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Everleaf Lemon' basil (Ocimum basilicum 'Everleaf Lemon') is an herb for containers, food gardens, and borders. It is typically grown as an annual. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy or loamy soil. Deer and rabbits usually look elsewhere for a meal. This citrus basil has fragrant leaves, and bees and butterflies visit it.
Pairs well with Lemon, Tabasco pepper, and Bull's Blood beet.