Basil is an annual herb that can be grown from seed or is easily transplanted. To ensure your basil plant reaches its full potential, pruning is essential. Cutting back basil plants regularly during ...

Grab your snips and learn how to prune basil to delay flowering and encourage more flavorful leaves to grow. Harvesting and ...

BASIL is a great little plant for people who like cooking with fresh herbs. Keeping a basil plant alive may seem simple for most gardeners but there is a trick to helping it grow forever. Wait until ...

JOSH: You can't prevent basil bolting to seed, as all annuals do this at the end of their short lifecycles. But you can delay it! Prune off the flowers, then feed with a liquid seaweed tonic to ...

Discover the joys of growing fresh basil with our step-by-step instructions. Knowing how to grow fresh basil is paramount in the culinary world (or really anyone with functional taste buds)—the dried ...

I’m growing a ‘Sweet Thai’ basil under lights in my office and every time I walk by and stroke it, it emits an incredible licorice aroma that knocks my socks off. This new variety from Burpee Seed is ...

13:13, Sun, Jul 13, 2025 Updated: 13:33, Sun, Jul 13, 2025 A gardening expert shared her simple method for growing an abundance of basil using supermarket herbs, keeping her stocked up for months.