Wild Basil
📚 Clinopodium vulgare
Family: Lamiaceae
🍽 Edible 💊 Medicinal 🐝 Pollinator 🦌 Deer Resistant
Full sun
Sunlight
Low
Water Needs
Moderate
Growth Rate
2.00'
Height
USDA 4-8
USDA Zones
17
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🌿 About
Wild Basil is a charming, low-growing perennial herb native to Europe and Asia, now naturalized in North America. Its whorls of pink to purple flowers bloom from midsummer to early autumn, attracting a host of pollinators. The leaves have a mild, oregano-like scent and flavor.
📍 Native to: Europe, Asia, North Africa
✅ Harmful or Beneficial
✓ Edible Parts ✓ Medicinal Uses 🐝 Good for Pollinators 🦌 Deer Resistant ☀️ Drought Tolerant ✓ Safe for Humans 🐾 Pet Safe
This plant supports local pollinator populations and adds beauty to dry, sunny gardens. Its edible leaves and flowers can be used fresh or dried in teas and culinary dishes.
🍽 Edible parts: leaves, flowers
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🌱 Care & Growing Conditions
🪨 Soil: Well-drained, dry to moderately moist, sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor, rocky soils.
🌸 Bloom: summer · pink, purple
Full sun to partial shade; moderate watering, allow soil to dry between; well-drained, sandy or loamy soil; tolerates cool to warm temperatures, hardy to -30°C
✂️ Propagation
Easily propagated by seed sown in spring or by division of established clumps in early spring or autumn.
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Provides nectar for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators; serves as a larval host for some moth species.
🤝 Companion plants: Lavender, Echinacea, Yarrow, Thyme, Oregano
🔬 Botanical Family: Lamiaceae
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