• An off-white colored metal garden bed with purple basil leaves and pepper plants growing outdoors.
  • A photo of a healthy purple basil plant with large dark reddish-purple glossy leaves, growing in a garden setting with bell peppers.
  • A potted plant with purple basil leaves, with green pepper plant leaves and pink flowers in the background.
  • A potted plant of Purple Basil with large, dark reddish-purple glossy leaves, showing light pink to fuchsia flowers and green foliage in the background.
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Basil, Dark Opal Purple

Basil, Dark Opal Purple

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These starts are planned for the 2026 season - Inventory will be released closer to spring.
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Use Purple Basil in place of Italian basil and you get that fun pop of color that people don't expect, but with the same great basil flavor you love.  This particular strain is an improved variety of dark opal purple basil.  

Some fun ways to use purple basil & wow your friends/family: purple basil compound butter (personal favorite!), caprese, drink garnishes.  

Favorite plant color combos:

Purple Basil + Limon Lightning Pepper
Purple Basil + Solar Vortex Tomato
Purple Basil + Sugar Rush Peach Stripey Pepper 

Plants grow 18-24" tall and wide and have large, 3" leaves.  They thrive in full sun and well-draining, fertile soil.  Mulch at the base of the plant to ensure soil moisture & weed supression throughout the season.  Harvest as needed, and don't forget to leave some flowers for the pollinators! All basil varieties have been pinched (topped) as seedlings to encourage side shoots, producing big & bushy plants.  Great for containers!

  • Days to Maturity: 75 - 80
  • Companion Plants: Asters, Chives, Parsley, Peppers, Tomatoes
  • Open-Pollinated (OP)
  • Plant Spacing: 6 - 8"  

 

Photo Credit: Jess Page

Growing Guide

Whether you're a new or seasoned gardener, it can be good to educate yourself about your new plant.
We highly recommend (& use ourselves) the Almanac's Growing Guides.

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