Prospera Compact DMR basil
Ocimum basilicum 'Prospera Compact DMR (PL4)'
USDA zones10 to 10
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size3 to 4 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
Prospera Compact DMR basil (Ocimum basilicum 'Prospera Compact DMR (PL4)') is an herb for containers, food gardens, and borders. It is typically grown as an annual. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy or loamy soil. This compact Genovese basil has downy mildew and Fusarium resistance, and bees and butterflies visit it. Deer and rabbits tend to pass it by.
Pairs well with San Marzano tomato, Tabasco pepper, and Dittany of crete.